Global hotels chain InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the opening of Holiday Inn Express Pune Pimpri and Holiday Inn express Pune Hinjewadi. The occasion also marks the debut of the Holiday Inn Express brand in Pune. Both hotel offer guests the right combination of convenient location, comfort, efficient service, and intelligent design to help them accomplish their travel goals, IHG said.
Holiday Inn Express Pune Pimpri and Holiday Inn express Pune Hinjewadi together feature 
246 well-appointed, contemporary rooms, providing an inviting and efficient environments to the guests. Each room includes handy amenities such a wall-mounted flat screen TV, comfortable beds and an iPod docking station with clock radio. Additionally, both the hotels are centrally located with excellent connectivity and will emerge as the preferred choice for travelers seeking comfort and a hassle-free stay in the city.
246 well-appointed, contemporary rooms, providing an inviting and efficient environments to the guests. Each room includes handy amenities such a wall-mounted flat screen TV, comfortable beds and an iPod docking station with clock radio. Additionally, both the hotels are centrally located with excellent connectivity and will emerge as the preferred choice for travelers seeking comfort and a hassle-free stay in the city.Set in the heart of Pimpri Chinchwad, Holiday Inn Express Pune Pimpri is surrounded with major technology company’s hubs such as Bhosari, PCMC, Talwade, Dapodi, Chakan and Talegaon MIDC and is in close proximity to shopping centres like Pimpri Central, Big Bazaar, PVR Cinema, with a variety of dining options nearby. The hotel is 1-km away from Pimpri Railway Station and 15-kms from Pune Junction. The hotel also offers easy connectivity to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Commenting on the announcement, Vivek Bhalla, Regional Vice President, SWA, IHG said, “We are delighted to debut the Holiday Inn Express brand in Pune with the opening of two Holiday Inn Express hotels from our partnership with SAMHI. Over the past few years, both Pimpri Chinchwad and Hinjewadi have emerged as fast-growing city hubs with impressive infrastructure development and therefore serve as an ideal choice for the brand foray into the market. The simultaneous opening of the two Holiday Inn Express hotels in Pune strengthens our commitment to the market and our ambition to spearhead the midscale hotel segment in the country.”
Ashish Jakhanwala, Founder, MD & CEO, SAMHI added, “We started this journey with IHG in 2017 when we signed an agreement for 14 Holiday Inn Express hotels in India. With two Holiday Inn Express opening in Pune, under the portfolio, we are very excited and pleased with the momentum the brand is building in the country. Holiday Inn Express is a powerful offering that combines great design, strong service culture and strategic locations, and therefore, we are confident that the newly opened Holiday Inn Express Pune Pimpri and Holiday Inn Express Pune Hinjewadi are well positioned to cater to the business as well as leisure travellers visiting the city.”
IHG and SAMHI entered a partnership in 2017 to rebrand 14 hotels (approximately 2000 rooms, operating and under construction) to Holiday Inn Express hotels. The hotels under the portfolio are being renovated and upgraded with the latest design directives, to ensure the portfolio is fully representative of the Holiday Inn Express brand globally.
