The property will exemplify the standards of the $1 billion Holiday Inn brand re-launch program. First announced in 2007, the re-launch program was established to create a more contemporary brand image, increase quality and drive consistency. The global estate of more than 3,200 Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express properties is expected to be re-launched by the end of 2010, and more than 800 hotels have been re-launched to date.

The 14-story Holiday Inn is scheduled to open in fall 2009, within walking distance to the Downtown Disney® Marketplace. The 323-room hotel will include 11,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a restaurant, lounge and all-day dining. The hotel’s dining facility, The Atrium Restaurant, offers the Holiday Inn Best-4-Breakfast? menu, featuring signature items such as Cinnamon Supreme French Toast™ and Skillet Inspirations™. Kids 12 and younger eat free at Holiday Inn when ordering from the kids’ menu in the hotel restaurant and accompanied by a dining adult. Room Service Right…On Time™, also a standard at all Holiday Inn hotels, ensures that guests’ room service orders are accurate and delivered on time, every time.

Relaxing and contemporary, guestrooms are designed with a soft colour palette and outfitted with a 32” LCD HD television, crisp, white bedding with pillows that come in two comfort levels: “soft” and “firm,” complimentary wireless and wired Internet access, Rainforest Alliance® certified coffee, an individual coffeemaker and an electronic safe that accommodates laptops up to 17”. Bathrooms include a specially designed showerhead that offers superior pressure, as well as a signature shower curtain with curved rod and new amenities. Every double room features two queen beds, rather than two double beds, making it comfortable for a family of four to share one guestroom. Each king room includes a sleeper sofa and a spacious walk-in shower. Many guestrooms have balconies from which guests will enjoy views of the Walt Disney World® Resort’s nightly firework shows.

Holiday Inn in the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort maximizes its status as the only Holiday Inn on Disney property, offering a host of enviable privileges, such as complimentary transportation running every 30 minutes to all the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks, guaranteed access and preferred tee times at Walt Disney World® golf courses, advance reservations at Walt Disney World® restaurants, access to legendary Disney character breakfasts, an on-site Disney retail store and free delivery service of Disney-attraction purchases to the hotel.

Along with the advantages inherent to being part of the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, recreational fun abounds on-site at the hotel, with a state-of-the-art fitness complex, a jogging and exercise path, a new zero-entry heated swimming and connected lap pool, an outdoor hot tub and sun deck, and a conveniently-located game room situated between the main lobby and outdoor pool.