Hotel Indigo Coming to College Park, Ga.

by finchannel.com

The FINANCIAL -- IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms, on May 9 announced that a Hotel Indigo is coming to downtown College Park, a well-established community near Hartsfield- Jackson Atlanta International Airport and one of the fastest growing cities in metropolitan Atlanta.

The 142-room property is expected to open in the summer of 2009.

According to IHG, the Hotel Indigo Atlanta College Park, one of the brand's first new-build properties, will join the Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown, the brand's first property to open, and the Hotel Indigo Atlanta Downtown, a conversion of the historic Carnegie Building, scheduled to open in spring 2009.

"We are pleased to be a part of the resurgence of downtown College Park and are proud to bring another Hotel Indigo to Atlanta," said Jim Anhut, Senior Vice President, Franchise Development, the Americas, IHG. "Atlanta is the birthplace of the Hotel Indigo brand, and we are excited to expand our brand concept into a welcoming, unique community like College Park."

The city of College Park serves as the first visual point of contact for all passengers arriving at the Atlanta airport. The new five-story Hotel Indigo will be located at the intersection of Harvard and Washington Streets as part of the new Princeton Village development. The hotel will be one block from the College Park MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) station and the closest hotel to the Atlanta airport and the Georgia International Convention Center.

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