Accor is to open seven new hotels under the ibis brand.
In east London, ibis Canning Town will be a 196-bedroom hotel in Bouygues Development’s Hallsville Quarter mixed-use scheme.
Outside London, four ibis Styles hotels will be opened in 2015 under a franchise agreement with Carillion. The four properties will be located in Crewe, Cheshire; Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Haydock, Merseyside; and Birmingham NEC and will be operated by Kew Green Hotels.
The Barnsley hotel will have 117 bedrooms, Birmingham NEC 166 bedrooms, Crewe 112 bedrooms and Haydock 102 bedrooms.
A new-build ibis Styles hotel of 47 bedrooms is under way in Greenwich and is expected to open in early 2016. The hotel will be operated under a franchise agreement with Conqueror Holdings.
In addition, also under a franchise agreement, a 140-bedroom ibis Styles hotel will open at Heathrow Airport.
The franchise agreement is signed with Acre Heathrow, which is part of Acre Hotels and Westcombe Group. The hotel is due to open in the summer of 2016.
Thomas Dubaere, managing director, Accor UK & Ireland, said: “These new ibis and ibis Styles hotels signal our ambition to strengthen the ibis brands in the UK. The franchise deal for Crewe, Barnsley, Haydock, Birmingham and Greenwich not only reflects the strength of the ibis Styles brand, but recognises our excellent position as a franchise partner.”
