IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, continues to demonstrate the strength of its Holiday Inn brand family in Southern Europe, as it signs 13 hotels and opens a further two, including a brand debut – Holiday Inn Express & Suites Portimão – and a market debut – Holiday Inn Express Sofia Airport in Bulgaria. These signings and openings reflect IHG Hotels & Resorts’ strategic ambitions to grow at speed in the region, driven by world-renowned brands loved by guests and owners. The Holiday Inn brand family generated half of all IHG’s global openings in 2022 and around a third of signings.