IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed two Holiday Inn hotels in Tamworth, NSW, and Rockhampton, Queensland, adding 190 rooms to its Australian portfolio.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Tamworth property will be a refurbishment and expansion of the existing 60-room Best Western Sanctuary Inn, while the Rockhampton hotel is a new build. La Vie Hotels & Resorts will operate both.<\/p>\n Holiday Inn Tamworth will undergo a comprehensive refurbishment of its guestrooms, reception and restaurant, due for completion in 2027. A further 30 rooms will be built by 2029, taking the hotel to 90 rooms. The release pointed to Tamworth\u2019s role as a commercial and events centre, home to the Tamworth Country Music Festival, with demand from corporate, government and leisure travellers.<\/p>\n Holiday Inn & Suites Rockhampton will have 100 guestrooms, including 40 one and two-bedroom suites. The hotel will form part of a mixed-use precinct and include 350sqm of conference and events space, a 100-seat function room and an outdoor pool. It will target business, leisure and extended-stay guests.<\/p>\n IHG Australasia and Pacific managing director Matt Tripolone said quality accommodation played an important role in helping regional destinations \u201crealise economic potential\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cHoliday Inn is one of the world\u2019s most recognised and trusted hotel brands,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a brand that feels equally at home welcoming families on holiday, business travellers and guests attending regional events, making it an ideal fit for both Tamworth and Rockhampton.\u201d<\/p>\n Tripolone said both hotels would benefit from IHG\u2019s global distribution channels, sales network and IHG One Rewards loyalty program.<\/p>\n La Vie Hotels & Resorts founder and chief executive Jerry Xu said the signings reflected the company\u2019s continued growth across Australia, \u201cfrom Townsville to Tamworth\u201d, and the strength of its partnership with IHG.<\/p>\n \u201cTamworth and Rockhampton are two very different markets, but both reward a hotel that gets the basics right and knows its town,\u201d Xu said.<\/p>\n Holiday Inn was established in 1952 and has more than 1260 hotels globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IHG Hotels & Resorts has signed two Holiday Inn hotels in Tamworth, NSW, and Rockhampton,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/travelweekly.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Holiday-Inn-Tamworth.jpg\"\/)
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