This week, Hilton Worldwide opened its first Garden Inn hotel in the Netherlands. The Hilton Garden Inn Leiden can be found in the university town of Leiden, the birthplace of Rembrandt, 40 km southwest of Amsterdam. The 173-room hotel is Hilton's seventh property in the country overall. "Hilton Garden Inn has proven to be very successful in Europe with more than 55 hotels trading or in the pipeline. This new opening in the Netherlands further elevates our multibrand strategy for the Dutch market where we now have three of our six European brands operating and an exciting new Waldorf Astoria in the pipeline,"said Simon Vincent, Hilton's area president for Europe. Düsseldorf Gets A Splash Of Indigo InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a franchise agreement with LFPI Hotels Management Germany that will mark the entry of the group's boutique Hotel Indigo brand in Düsseldorf. The Linder Rhein Residence on Kaiserswerther Strasse in Düsseldorf, in the west of Germany, is to be converted into the Hotel Indigo Düsseldorf-Victoriaplatz. When it opens in 2013, the 126-room hotel will become the third Hotel Indigo in Germany (two are already in operation in Berlin). Morgans To Move Into Russia American company Morgans Hotel Group has signed a 20-year management agreement with Moscow-based real estate developer Capital Group for its first property in Russia. The Delano Moscow will be part of Capital Group's OKO project, which is being developed within the Moscow City mixed-used complex. When it opens in 2015, the 160-room hotel will be the first hotel to operate in the Moscow City development and it will become the third Delano property outside of the USA. The brand will be making its international debut next month when the 71-room Delano Marrakech opens in Morocco, North Africa, followed by the Delano Cesme, in Turkey, which is also expected to open in 2015.
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