HG Hotels & Resorts plans to add in Mexico with its Luxury & Lifestyle, Premium, Essentials, and Suites brands. Representing IHG’s fifth largest market globally, Mexico expansion will nearly double the company’s growth pace over the next few years. Today, IHG has 187 hotels and 30,000 rooms across Mexico. An additional 62 hotels and 8,600 rooms are currently in the development pipeline.
IHG’s growth momentum builds on more than 50 years of continued presence in the country, beginning with Mexico’s first Holiday Inn in Acapulco in 1970. Today, IHG has 187 hotels, and 30,000 rooms open across Mexico. An additional 62 hotels with 8,600 rooms in the development pipeline reflect the sustained regional demand for IHG’s brands from owners and guests.
“Mexico’s strong regional and global travel flows and growing domestic demand make it one of the most compelling hospitality markets in the Americas," IHG CEO Elie Maalouf said in a statement. "With IHG’s diversified brand portfolio, powerful distribution and strong loyalty platform, we are well positioned to capture demand. Coupled with our deep local presence and longstanding owner relationships, we see significant opportunity for continued growth in the country.”
In the last five years, IHG has added more than 6,000 rooms across 14 brands in Mexico. IHG continues strong growth among its midscale brands in Mexico with recent openings including Holiday Inn Express Condesa Mexico City, avid hotel Guadalajara Aeropuerto Norte and the market debut of its Garner hotels midscale conversion brand in Mazatlán.
IHG also recently announced a deal that will bring six voco hotels to Cancun, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juarez, San Luis Potosi, Torreon and Nuevo Laredo in the coming years.
An expanded presence in Mexico bolsters IHG’s ambition to more than double its Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio across Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean in the coming years. Property openings in top-tier destinations include Kimpton Mas Olas Todos Santos in the Baja Sur peninsula, forthcoming all-inclusive Mayan Riviera resort Kimpton Tres Rios, and the recently opened Hotel Indigo Playa del Carmen. The return of the iconic InterContinental brand to Monterrey, along with the soon-to-open InterContinental Miyana Mexico City further demonstrates IHG’s strength in the segment. The momentum continues with Six Senses Xala in the Costalegre region projected to open in 2027.
“Mexico continues to stand out as a dynamic travel and tourism market, and we are confident of the growth potential," said Michael Hoe Knudsen, MLAC managing director, IHG Hotels & Resorts. "We also look forward to the opening of our new MLAC region headquarters in Guadalajara this spring where we will grow from 40 colleagues today to 200 by the end of 2026.”