Holiday Inn Express has made its India debut with the opening of a hotel in Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad is in northwest India, about 280 miles north of Mumbai.
The 173-room hotel is the “first of many” Holiday Inn Express hotels that will open in India, said Naveen Jain of Duet India Hotels, owner of the Ahmedabad property.
Another 18 Holiday Inn Express hotels are planned to open in India within five years.