CELEBRATING their first anniversary, HYPERLINK “http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/abu-dhabi/auhhi/hoteldetail” Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi Downtown hotel held a get-together event hosting team members from the Intercontinental Hotels Group hotels. General Manager Cedric Gaillard commented: “Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi Downtown enters its second year, ending the previous in flying colors. We have completed 70% of the hotel renovation in the first year, and we are looking forward the project by May 2016, including new massage center.” The hotel offers a range of state-of-the-art services to ensure the guests' convenience who wish to spend some quality time with friends, colleagues or family members while enjoying various dining, entertainment and recreational facilities. The hotel is remotely located next to many important business hubs and major companies in the heart of Abu Dhabi, making it the perfect destination for businessmen. On the entertainment side, various new promotions and fresh offering have been introduced in the hotel's restaurant. In July, the hotel's legendary Harvesters pub welcomed a new resident band “Summerisle”. Originally from South Africa, the band covers a wide variety of music styles. From Stereophonics to Taylor Swift, The Killers to Johnny Cash, catering to a broad audience. The four-star hotel is the second Holiday Inn brand and the sixth of the hotels in Abu Dhabi, enjoying a city center location and a walking distance of main shopping centers in the capital. Holiday Inn started over 60 years ago and with 1,200 hotels worldwide today, the Holiday Inn brand is the most widely recognized lodging brand in the world. During that time, it was the first hotel brand to launch a computerised reservation system in 1965, one of the first international hotel brands to establish a presence in China in 1984 and the first to take an online booking in 1995. The ‘Kids Eat & Stay Free' program available at every Holiday Inn property, and KidSuites rooms at every Holiday Inn Resort hotel, demonstrates the long-standing commitment of the Holiday Inn brand to serving family travelers, along with a comfortable atmosphere where everyone can sit back and relax. For four consecutive years, the Holiday Inn brand has been ranked “Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Mid-scale Full Service Hotel Chains”, according to the J.D. Power and Associates North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study. — SG
