IHG continues life-style push with Kimpton resort close to Phoenix

Dive Brief:

• IHG Hotels & Resorts will open a Kimpton hotel within the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley, Arizona, the resort firm introduced Friday.
• The 400-key Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas will debut early subsequent 12 months following an intensive renovation and repositioning of an present 42-acre property. The resort will function beneath a three way partnership between Partners Group and Trinity Investments, whereas Highgate manages the property.
• Amid a broader push within the luxurious and life-style phase, IHG is increasing the Kimpton model to new markets with robust journey demand fundamentals, Leanne Harwood, IHG’s senior vp and managing director of luxurious and life-style within the Americas, stated in a information launch.

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Upon opening, Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas would be the first branded IHG luxurious and life-style property within the Paradise Valley/Scottsdale market, in response to the resort firm. There is one different Kimpton resort in Arizona, the Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix. 

Suburban Phoenix “remains one of the fastest growing U.S. metropolitan areas and a haven for both business meetings and travelers seeking connection with the beautiful surroundings,” Harwood stated within the launch. Kimpton Miralina’s “contemporary design, breathtaking views and what will become exemplary culinary destinations” will probably be a pure match to fulfill market demand, she stated. 

According to IHG, the resort will provide 4 meals and beverage ideas developed in partnership with life-style hospitality group SBE. The property will even have 50,000 sq. toes of indoor and out of doors assembly area, a health middle, six swimming swimming pools, a salon and a day spa. Catering to wellness vacationers, the resort will provide bike leases, in-room yoga mats and entry to close by mountaineering trails. 

Kimpton Miralina marks the newest addition to IHG’s rising luxurious and life-style pipeline. The Kimpton model, particularly, has roughly 150 open and in-pipeline properties globally. So far this 12 months, IHG has introduced forthcoming Kimpton inns in California’s Napa Valley and Texas’ Hill Country. The model can be underway on inns in New York City and Kaua’i, Hawaii.

Beyond Kimpton, IHG is increasing its just lately acquired German-based life-style model Ruby within the U.S.

IHG rivals Marriott International, Hilton and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts are equally rising their luxurious and life-style portfolios. All three corporations launched new life-style manufacturers earlier this month.