IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's leading hotel companies, is renewing its relationship with actor/comedian Rob Riggle as the Holiday Inn Express® brand's first-ever Creative Director.

1998 The original campaign, which featured commercials ending in the line "But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night," ran for 11 years, starting in 1998, and was originally created by Fallon.

Kemmons Wilson, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, was inspired to build a motel after being disappointed by the poor quality of roadside accommodations during a family road trip to Washington, D.C. During construction, the name "Holiday Inn" was coined by Wilson's architect Eddie Bluestein as a joking reference to the ...

Holiday Inn (also known as Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical) is a musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1942 film of the same name. The libretto is by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

The major difference between a Holiday Inn and a Holiday Inn Express is simply that one is full service, while the other is more limited. Holiday Inn is geared towards families looking for a comfortable spot to relax together, while Holiday Inn Express is aimed more toward the short-stay business traveler.

But you'll feel smarter." which was changed to "Stay smart, Stay at Holiday Inn Express." in 2000.

Holiday Inn Mission Statement To make a difference in the lives of the individuals we touch every day, by working together to deliver commitment, personalised service and a superior hospitality product by upholding a strong moral system and actively participating in the community.

Holiday Inn, Effingham, Illinois, 1961 Location was key to Holiday Inns' success. Preferred sites on the righthand side of major highways made stopping convenient for travelers. In the 1950s and 1960s, the company snatched up property for future Holiday Inns adjacent to the new Interstate Highway System.

It helped that the chain also had a catchy name, credited to the brand's architect Eddie Bluestein, who inscribed “Holiday Inn” onto his design sketches of the first Memphis-based motel. Bluestein was inspired by the 1942 movie musical of the same name starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

Providing leisure guests, business customers and families with great places to stay since it opened the doors of its first hotel in 1952, Holiday Inn is an award-winning global icon, with more than 1,000 hotels and an ever-expanding pipeline of properties around the world.

True Hospitality means making everyone feel welcome and cared for, recognized, and respected, whoever and wherever they are in the world.

Theme: Love conquers all, as we touch on major holiday traditions. Smoking, Drinking, and Gambling: No reference to any. Sex: Suggestive references to romance, some kisses.