IHG has recently announced a new Holiday Inn Resort hotel for Pagosa Springs, Colo. This comes on the heels of a new hotel for Gulfport, Miss. adding to the growing global Holiday Inn Resort® brand portfolio, currently at 40 properties worldwide. Additionally, the brand earlier this year celebrated an opening in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a new hotel under construction on Jekyll Island, Ga.The Holiday Inn Resort Pagosa Springs hotel is slated to open by summer 2015, and will have 101 guest rooms including 11 suites. Nestled in the San Juan Mountains, guests can enjoy access to activities available year round such as golfing, rafting, horseback riding and ATV rides. Additionally, skiing and snowboarding activities are available nearby at Wolf Creek Ski Area – boasting more average annual snowfall than any other resort in Colorado. The largest snowmobile tour company in the area – Wolfcreek Snowmobile Tours – also operates out of the resort.
The 150-room Holiday Inn Resort Gulfport is slated to open by year end 2015 and will be the first major tenant for the beachfront Centennial Plaza development – poised to have significant economic impact and boost job creation as well as drive tourism to the area and the surrounding Gulf Islands National Seashore. The property has also been included on the National Register of Historic Places.
