Holiday Inn Express To Open In Liskeard, Ontario
February 16, 2011 - The Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard is located on TransCanada Highway 11, two kilometres from the City of Temiskaming. The new hotel includes 27 bedroom suites featuring one bedroom, full kitchen and separate living room. Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard is the first new hotel built in the City of Temiskaming Shores in over 20 years.
The property will also showcase the Holiday Inn Express brand's new sign in keeping with the $1 billion Holiday Inn relaunch, first announced in 2007. The relaunch program creates a more contemporary brand image as part of the drive to increase quality and consistency across the global portfolio. The program focuses on arrival and welcome services, as well as guestroom and guest bath comfort.
“Holiday Inn Express hotels are designed to be the smart choice for value-conscious business and leisure travelers,” said Gina LaBarre, vice president, Brand Delivery, the Americas, IHG. “With more than 2,000 properties worldwide and nearly 500 properties in the pipeline, the Holiday Inn Express portfolio continues to expand in markets like New Liskeard, providing our guests with a enhanced stay experience at a great value. We welcome this hotel into the Holiday Inn family with the brand new sign and everything it represents.”
Located in southeast Ontario, Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard is minutes away from Collège Boreal and the Temiskaming Wildlife Centre. Other nearby attractions include a mile long beach on Lake Temiskaming, a Heritage Museum, a recreation centre with arena and Pete's Dam Park which features a beautiful waterfall and kilometres of groomed trails for hiking, jogging and biking, making the hotel a convenient option for both business and leisure travelers alike.
Guests at the Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard will experience a comfortable and smart environment with innovative preferred guest upgrades to ensure a productive stay while travelling for business or leisure. The hotel's newly enhanced complimentary Express Start® breakfast bar will feature a full selection of hot breakfast bar items such as scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage patties, omelettes and Smart Roast® coffee. The SimplySmart™ shower incorporates a proprietary Stay Smart™ Kohler showerhead, signature shower curtain with curved rod, upgraded 100 percent cotton terry towels and a custom line of cinnamon-scented bath products. Guests will also enjoy the SimplySmart™ bedding collection where they will find new crisp fresh bedding which features an attractive decorative throw, a medium-weight duvet blanket and soft 200 thread-count sheets.
The hotel guest rooms also feature the standard Holiday Inn Express amenities, such as comfortable queen or king-sized beds, a sitting area with a lounge chair and an in-room coffee machine featuring complimentary Smart Roast 100% Arabica coffee. Business travelers will find large desks, ergonomic chairs, free high-speed internet access, free local and toll free phone calls (U.S. and Canada only) and phones with private voicemail.
“We are very excited to be opening our doors,” said Sean Mackey, general manager of Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard. “We have invested in this property with the goal of providing visitors of the area with a hotel that is convenient while maintaining a relaxed atmosphere with all the latest in comfort, and we are thrilled with the end result.”
Holiday Inn Express New Liskeard is managed by Sean Mackey and is located at 998029 Highway 11, New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0. Telephone: 705-647-8282.