"Having the Marriott, Days Inn, Westin and Indigo controls a lot of rooms," he said, noting that convention planners will be dealing with one entity.īarry White, president and CEO of the Chattanooga Tourism Co., said the DeFoors' investment elevates the hospitality offerings in the city and will attract new and returning events and meetings. Shuford said that when trying to attract conventions, the key is offering an attractive package. "Everything they've done, it's all first class," he said "We don't think the Marriott will be an exception there." Mike Shuford, who directs the city's convention center, said he's excited about plans for the adjacent Marriott and the West Village expansion. The Indigo is part of the InterContinental Hotel Group brand.ĭeFoor joked that the brothers finding lenders for hotels in the pandemic market was like asking "to finance a nuclear waste site." In addition, the DeFoor brothers bought the 11-story, 117-room Hotel Indigo, which opened late last year at Sixth and Pine streets. The three-story hotel was built in 1963 and has 110 rooms. "We want to make it a very special entrance to the city," DeFoor said.
He said the revamped Hotel Bo, complete with exterior fountains, will offer "a new ambiance coming into the central city" from U.S. " was impressed with what we've done with our other hotels," said DeFoor, citing the Westin and the 203-room Embassy Suites near Hamilton Place mall. The hotel is to be renamed after the DeFoor brothers' recently deceased father and called the Hotel Bo by Wyndham. King and Carter Street and turning it into "a retro unique hotel," he said. Plans call for upgrading the Days Inn at M.L. The hotel will retain the Marriott badge. "It's going under a deep renovation," DeFoor said of the high-rise, built in 1985. Along with the nearby Read House and Bode hotels, that pushes the number of rooms in and around the West Village to well over 1,000, DeFoor said.Įfforts are to start next week to renovate the common areas of the 16-level, 341-room Marriott, which he said had become "tired" looking. King and Pine Street.īyron DeFoor said the hotel purchases give the West Village about 828 rooms. "We wanted to create a boutique convention area," said Byron DeFoor, who with brother Ken created the West Village in 2017 with the Westin Hotel as its centerpiece at M.L. The acquisition of the Chattanooga Marriott Downtown next to the city's convention center, the nearby Days Inn Rivergate and the Hotel Indigo now stretches the West Village's footprint from Carter Street, across East M.L. Across India, Middle East and Africa, IHG has already opened Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown, its first Hotel Indigo in the region, in 2020, and the brand’s growing pipeline includes properties in Doha and Oman.Chattanooga's West Village, which has turned into a downtown hot spot, is expanding as its developer has bought three nearby hotels over the past few months and invested about $90 million. As a result of the Saudi Tourism Development Strategy, there will be a rising wave of travellers coming to Saudi Arabia and seeking differentiated travel, and an increasing demand for hotels that offer authentic and refreshingly local experiences.”Įstablished in 2004, Hotel Indigo now has a presence in more than 20 countries with over 120 hotels, and over 100 hotels in the pipeline. In addition, the hotel will offer 353sqm of meeting and events space to cater to the demands of business travellers visiting Saudi Arabia’s capital city.Ĭommenting on the announcement, IHG managing director of India, Middle East & Africa Haitham Mattar said: “We’re pleased to announce the signing of a new Hotel Indigo in Saudi Arabia in partnership with RIVA Development Company, aligned to our robust expansion plans in the Kingdom over the coming years. Hotel Indigo Riyadh King Abdallah Road will feature 228 design-led rooms, two dining options, a pool and a fitness centre. This addition to the IHG portfolio will have Riyadh’s cultural influences embedded in its DNA through a visionary design that captures the historical charm of local heritage and influences of nearby modern architecture. This development marks the first hotel to be signed under the Master Development Agreement (MDA) between IHG and RIVA Development Company via its wholly-owned subsidiary RIVA Hospitality for Hotel Services Company. Hotel Indigo Riyadh King Abdallah Road is set to open its doors in March 2025Įxpanding its presence in the capital city of Saudi Arabia, IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the signing of Hotel Indigo Riyadh King Abdallah Road.
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