Holiday Inn – Information about the Holiday Inn Brand

Holiday Inn is one of the most recognized hotel chains in the United States. It’s in over 1,300 locations, is well known for its unique internal design, and is, at present, the official hotel of Major League Baseball.

Holiday Inn hotels are usually known for their unique internal courtyard style. The rooms facing outside of the hotel aren’t any different, but the rooms on the other side usually face a large internal courtyard, which often has a pool, eating area, sometimes a restaurant, and sometimes a heated whirlpool. It promotes a community feel and is considered very family friendly and safe, because parents don’t have to worry about their children being out at the pool away from their eyesight.

The first Holiday Inn hotel opened in Memphis, TN in 1952, with the premise of having affordable places for families to stay. The intention for growing the chain was to have hotels everywhere a person would go so guests knew they would be staying in a place that not only had quality standards, but was affordable. Holiday Inn was the first hotel chain to have a rewards program, now known as Priority Club Rewards.

Holiday Inn maintained that standard until the original owner and creator, Kemmons Wilson, retired in 1979. Since that time, the Holiday Inn brand has expanded and grown into many different brands, including a foray into the luxury hotel business with the Crowne Plaza Hotels.

Crowne Plaza Hotel

The Holiday Inn family of hotels all have the name Holiday Inn, which makes it easy for everyone to know they’re the same chain. The standard hotel is called Holiday Inn, which most people are familiar with if they’ve done any traveling. The rooms aren’t spectacular, but are functional and comfortable. Most of these hotels have a full restaurant and bar.

Other names in the chain are:

Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, which is a mixture of both regular rooms and suites;
Holiday Inn Resort, which are located mainly in high tourism areas;
Holiday Inn Sunspress Resorts, which are located in resort areas;
Holiday Inn Garden Court, which are only in Europe and South Africa, and styled more for their location than the traditional Holiday Inn American style;
Holiday Inn Express, which are smaller, more compact versions of the big hotels

Holiday Inn is still a quality hotel chain, and you will always have a very comfortable stay at any of their hotels.

See Also:

Holiday Inn on Wikipedia
Holiday Inn Corporate Homepage