Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened its fifth hotel in the Egyptian capital, with Holiday Inn Cairo Maadi on Maadi Corniche.
The 175-room hotel, formerly the Sofitel Maadi and located in the embassy district, is the second under the Holiday Inn brand in the city and is owned by the Bukhamseen Group. It is also the 11th IHG hotel in Egypt.
Rooms at the property have views of the Pyramids of Giza, as well as the River Nile, a features include a second floor pool and gym and private balconies for every suite and room.
“We are confident that this new property will deliver the comfort and quality that the Holiday Inn brand is globally recognised for,” said IHG chief operating officer, for India, Middle East and Africa Pascal Gauvin.
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The hotel also has nine meeting and banquet rooms, as well as a 24-hour business centre, while F&B options include Le Clovis, offering an international buffet or a la carte menu, and Little Italy, serving a spread of Italian dishes.
It also has lobby and pool lounges, while families can take advantage of the Holiday Inn brand’s signature ‘Kids Stay and Eat Free’ programme.
Bukhamseen Group chairman Jawad Bukhamseen said: “We at the Bukhamseen Group in Kuwait and the Gulf are pleased to be extending our cooperation and partnership with IHG, one that has already lasted over 35 years, with the conversion of this hotel from Sofitel to the Holiday Inn brand.
“It is a hotel which has a unique location, a successful past behind it and we are looking forward to many, even more fruitful years of success ahead, as Holiday Inn Cairo Maadi. This is the third hotel that IHG manages for the Bukhamseen Group and we are expecting more hotels to be associated with them in the near future.
“The Holiday Inn brand is renowned for the comfortable and warm experience it provides to its guests and we’re proud to become a part of its long heritage.”
Bukhamseen Group has been a partner of Holiday Inn since 1977, when it helped to open one of the brand’s first hotels in the Middle East.
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