IHG® Inns & Resorts, one of many world’s main lodge firms, with 6000 lodges throughout 18 manufacturers, has signed a franchise
settlement that may see a Lodge Indigo property open in Oxagon, a coastal industrial metropolis in NEOM, positioned within the Northwest area of Saudi Arabia.
In Oxagon, thriving communities will exist seamlessly alongside clear trade, industrial, hospitality, leisure and retail actions. The 250-key Lodge Indigo property will likely be located in Oxagon’s first residential group and can open its doorways in 2026. Designed to seamlessly combine work, stay, and play, Oxagon’s neighborhoods will likely be totally walkable, with sustainable on-demand mass transit and micro mobility options.
As one in every of IHG’s life-style manufacturers, Lodge Indigo properties supply a gateway to among the world’s most inspiring areas. Simply as no two neighborhoods are alike, no two Lodge Indigo properties are the identical, taking inspiration from the world round every lodge to tell all facets of the visitor expertise, from the lodge’s boutique design method to regionally impressed eating places. Equally, the Lodge Indigo property in Oxagon will likely be designed as a way of life vacation spot providing thrilling retail and eating ideas together with cafés, a pool lounge, and a specialty restaurant. Moreover, residents and guests can have entry to a variety of leisure and wellness amenities together with a spa and 24-hour health centre.
Haitham Mattar, Managing Director, India, Center East & Africa, IHG, stated: “We’re delighted to announce our first IHG lodge within the thrilling and quickly creating area of NEOM. Lodge Indigo is devoted to embracing the distinctive essence of every native vacation spot, making certain that our lodges actually embody the spirit of their areas. We’re excited to announce the upcoming opening of this new property in Oxagon, the place an progressive blueprint for trade and noteworthy livability is being crafted. This extraordinary institution is about to welcome company in 2026. As well as, our life-style model, Lodge Indigo, has seen nice success within the Kingdom with a number of signing previously months. As our presence available in the market continues to develop, we’re dedicated to supporting the targets of Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030 by providing distinctive hospitality experiences to leisure and enterprise travellers visiting the nation.”
Redefining the standard industrial metropolis, Oxagon will put individuals, innovation, and sustainability on the core of its growth and will likely be dwelling to a devoted analysis and innovation campus and a next-generation sustainable port with a totally automated and built-in provide chain. Vishal Wanchoo, CEO of Oxagon stated: “Lodge Indigo’s imaginative and prescient to create a boutique neighborhood lodge reflecting Oxagon’s ethos of bringing individuals and know-how collectively in concord with nature, makes IHG the best accomplice for the primary upscale property for our city communities. As progress throughout our industrial and innovation ecosystems speed up, these agreements be sure that distinctive hospitality experiences can be found to tenants, residents, and guests from the outset.”
Chris Newman, Govt Director, Lodge Growth at NEOM, commented: “Lodge Indigo has earned international recognition for its unmatched capacity to mix character and luxury, infusing the distinctive spirit of every neighborhood it operates in. We’re delighted on the alternative to create distinctive visitor experiences that mirror the fascinating fantastic thing about their surroundings. With this property, we wish to seize the true essence of Oxagon’s progressive method to the trade, its exceptional individuals, and the cutting-edge know-how that defines it. We’re assured that IHG is the right accomplice to embark on this endeavor with us, leveraging their experience to deliver our imaginative and prescient to fruition.”
IHG at the moment operates 37 lodges throughout 5 manufacturers in Saudi Arabia, together with InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Vacation Inn, Staybridge Suites, and Voco, with 31 lodges within the growth pipeline set to open throughout the subsequent three to 5 years. Final month IHG signed a administration settlement to open a Lodge Indigo in Mohammed Bin Salman Non-profit Metropolis in 2025.