Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York Opens

Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York has opened, serving both business and leisure travelers visiting New York City’s financial district.

Holiday Inn Express has more than 2,000 properties worldwide and nearly 600 properties in the pipeline.

The Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York is among the first Holiday Inn hotels to open in the downtown New York City area with the brand’s new signage. First announced in 2007, the Holiday Inn global brand relaunch was established to create a more contemporary brand image – improving quality and driving consistency across the global portfolio.

The global estate of more than 3,300 Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express properties are expected to be relaunched by the end of 2010, and more than 2,500 hotels have already been relaunched to date.

Located at 124-126 Water Street at the corner of Water Street and Wall Street, the new Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York is at a prime location for both business and leisure travelers. It is just two blocks from the New York Stock Exchange and three blocks from the Federal Reserve Bank. For leisure travelers the hotel is close to popular attractions such as the South Street Seaport, Battery Park and the ferry to the Statue of Liberty.

Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York features 26 stories with 112 units.

The Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York is owned by the McSam Hotel Group under a licensing agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group.

Within the last four years McSam Hotel Group has opened the following IHG lodging facilities: Holiday Inn Express Wall Street New York, Holiday Inn Wall Street New York, Holiday Inn Express West 45th Street, Holiday Inn West 26th Street, Holiday Inn Express West 29th Street, Holiday Inn Express West 39th Street and New York City’s first Candlewood Suites on West 39th Street.

McSam Hotel Group also develops other franchised lodging facilities with Starwood, Marriott Hilton and Hyatt as well as independent hotels. It currently has in construction in New York over 13 properties, and received IHG’s prestigious “Developer of the Year” award in 2006.