(TAN): InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) on October 13 announced the groundbreaking for the first avid hotels brand in Canada. The property is in Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto.
There are more than a dozen avid hotels now open and welcoming guests, including the first property in Mexico, and 90 properties under construction or with plans approved for construction across Canada, the US and Mexico, IHG said in a statement.
Expected to open by spring 2022, the new avid hotel in Vaughan will offer 119 rooms across six floors. Located in a high traffic, high visibility area, the hotel is just minutes from Toronto Pearson International Airport, convenient to many area shopping centres and restaurants, with easy access to neighbouring Brampton, Etobicoke and Bolton.
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Karen Gilbride, Vice President, avid hotels and Atwell Suites, IHG, said, “There are great things on the horizon as travellers continue to visit newly opened hotels and discover the avid hotels’ experience, which is all about the basics done exceptionally well and delivered at a fair price. We believe this mainstream brand will continue to resonate strongly with hotel owners due to the lower cost to build, efficient staffing model and overall operating economics in the current environment and for years to come.”
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