IHG announced late Tuesday the signing of a new 900-room InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property in downtown Los Angeles that will be the largest InterContinetnal hotel in the Americas region.
The hotel, which is scheduled to open in 2017, will be part of Korean Air and Hanjin Group’s 73-story, US$1.1 billion-plus new-build Wilshire Grand project. Offices and retail space will occupy the building’s lower floors while guestrooms will be on floors 31 through 69 with a sky-lobby on the 70th floor. There also will be an F&B outlet on one of the top floors.
The hotel’s design will reflect the four ecological typologies of Los Angeles while also embracing the city’s laid-back sophistication, IHG said in a news release. The natural wood and warm colors in the building will reflect the city’s beach culture while the hotel’s sky lobby will incorporate Los Angeles’ car culture into the design through abstract representations of car lines in the internal paneling and décor.
“InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is IHG’s luxury brand, which we have grown to be more than twice the size of any other luxury brand globally,” said Kirk Kinsell, president, the Americas, at IHG. “We remain focused on building its presence in top-tier cities and resorts around the globe, and our partnership with Korean Air is very much in line with this strategy.”
Today, the InterContinental brand has more than 180 hotels globally with 51 additional hotels in its development pipeline.