InterContinental Hotels Group and Pro Invest have announced that the third hotel to signed under master development agreement between the two companies will be in Adelaide.

The agreement will see the investment company develop 15 Holiday Inn Express hotels across Australia by 2025. The first two hotels, which were previously announced, will be Sydney’s Macquarie Park, North Ryde property, to open in early 2016, and Brisbane’s Spring Hill hotel, scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.

The new-build Adelaide hotel will be located on the city’s thriving Hindley Street, close to North Terrace, the Adelaide Convention Centre and the upcoming Royal Adelaide Hospital. Guests will also have easy access to the major corporate offices located within Adelaide’s CBD.

“The development of the new Holiday Inn Express Adelaide is the latest in a series of milestones for IHG and our partners Pro Invest,” said IHG’s chief operating officer, Australasia, Japan, Korea & Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), Karin Sheppard. “The site is exactly the right location for the Holiday Inn Express guest and hits our strategy of bringing the brand to key Australian cities. We known the domestic market will respond extremely well to this fresh and exciting brand and having a Holiday Inn Express in the CBD will be key as the increase in air connectivity between Adelaide and other key Asian cities continues. The hotel will open in 2018 following the launch of the brand in Sydney, due to take place early next year.”

“Together with IHG we are progressing very well in securing strategic, in-demand locations to develop Holiday Inn Express hotels,” added Pro Invest’s CEO, Ronald Barrott. “Adelaide in particular has seen some excellent occupancy in recent years and we are pleased to have secured this prime location in the city’s CBD for the third hotel in our portfolio.”

Providing everything guests need and nothing they don’t, Holiday Inn Express Adelaide Hindley Street will offer guests a smart and convenient stay which includes free WiFi in guest rooms and throughout the hotel; free Express Start Breakfast or a Grab & Go option; comfortable accommodations; a self-service business centre and laundry room; and access to the fitness centre. The hotel will also have two meeting rooms for small functions and events. www.ihg.com