BROOKLYN, N.Y.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announced its newest hotel development for downtown Brooklyn, minutes from the famed Barclay's Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and a variety of shopping and entertainment venues.
In partnership with 300 Schermerhorn Realty LLC, the new-build $80 million Holiday Inn hotel will join the neighborhood at 300 Schermerhorn Street. Construction is expected to complete by the end of 2014, with an anticipated opening in early 2015.
The contemporary 90,000-square-foot, 246-room hotel will have 15 floors with more than 3,000 square feet of meeting space including three meeting rooms and a ballroom. A sauna, steam room, indoor pool and a Jacuzzi will be among the guest amenities. The new hotel will include features in keeping with the $1 billion Holiday Inn global brand re-launch, and will have an emphasis on arrival and welcome services, guest room and guest bath comfort, and a redesigned logo and signage.
Guest beds will have crisp, white bedding with pillows that come in two comfort levels: "soft" and "firm." Rooms will also include business-focused necessities such as an ergonomic workstation, data ports and complimentary USA TODAY® newspapers. The bathrooms will include a multifunctional showerhead, as well as a signature shower curtain with curved rod, and Bath & Body Works amenities. Additionally, each room will have standard Holiday Inn guestroom accommodations—comfortable double, queen or king-sized beds, a sitting area with a lounge chair, hairdryer, micro fridge, coffee maker, iron and ironing board.
