CHATHAM, ONTARIO, November 30th, 2011: The Holiday Inn Express and Suites – Chatham.

After only one year in operation the Chatham Holiday Inn Express and Suites has been awarded the “2011 Renovation Award’ by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the franchising company for Holiday Inns Worldwide. This prestigious award is given only to IHG hotels that merit special recognition for successfully completing major modernization and renovation programs. The recipients of this award are judged to have significantly improved and updated the quality and image of their properties.

“We are very pleased with this announcement and award from IHG.The opening of the Holiday Inn Express and Suites has been very well supported by the local community. We want to thank each and every company that has supported us throughout our first year of operation”

says General Manager Cliff Quinlan

Dean Bradley, President of Brad-Lea Meadows commented, “Right from the inception of the Holiday Inn and Suites project, we set out to offer a hotel product within Chatham-Kent that was superior in design and one that all of the residents could be proud of. We are very pleased with this international award and the recognition by IHG of the excellence of our conversion from our old Wheels Inn property. We share this honour with the team of people who helped us with the project, including Steve Berrill of ADA Architects; Christine Link of Designlink International and the Rosati Group”.

The hotel opened on September 09th, 2010 with 97 standard guestrooms and 20 suites for a total of 117 guestrooms. Each guest enjoys the Holiday Inn Express Hot Breakfast with their rooms as well as complimentary WiFi throughout the hotel. On the ground floor of the property is a new Salt Water Pool, 2 state of the art meeting rooms, Fitness Centre and a Games Reserve.

To find out more about the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, please contact Cliff Quinlan at (519) 436-5538.