IHG Hotels and Resorts has opened the first New York property under its midscale avid Hotels brand.
The 76-room avid hotel Brooklyn – Dyker Heights is located at 636 86th Street, around 25 minutes from New York City, and features the brand’s signature offering including free breakfast and wifi, a fitness centre, and free coffee in the lobby 24 hours a day.
IHG launched the avid brand in 2017, and at the time said that more than 150 owners had expressed an interest in the concept.
The group is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the opening of the first avid hotel this year (in Oklahoma City), and currently has around 60 properties open across the US, Mexico, and Canada, with another 146 in the pipeline.
Other recent openings include avid Hotel Toronto – Vaughan Southwest, situated close to Toronto Pearson International airport, and avid Hotel Chicago O’Hare – Des Plaines.
Commenting on the news Karen Gilbride, VP of avid hotels, Atwell Suites and Garner, said:
“This year marks the fifth anniversary since we opened the first-ever avid hotels property in Oklahoma City – Quail Springs. The opening of avid hotel Brooklyn – Dyker Heights demonstrates our brand’s focus on growing our presence in the Americas region.
“We created this brand to meet the needs of our guests looking for the basics done exceptionally well at a fair price and in convenient locations, so it made sense for us to open a property in one of the most visited states and cities of the world.”
