This new €16.8 million investment by the Mercan Properties Group will be operated under the banner of IHG Hotels & Resorts and will create 30 permanent jobs.

The Holiday Inn Express Évora, located near Portas de Avis, enjoys a privileged location in an area of ​​great historical and cultural wealth, next to the central square of Évora, a city with UNESCO World Heritage status.

The new hotel by the Mercan Properties Group harmoniously combines classic and modern design. While maintaining the building's original façade, which was renovated as part of an urban redevelopment project, the interior has been transformed into a contemporary and elegant space.

With 76 rooms, a swimming pool, a restaurant, a lounge bar and meeting rooms, the Holiday Inn Express Évora is the perfect choice for both leisure and business travellers to Évora. Following the opening of the Hilton Garden Inn Évora, this is the second hotel of the Mercan Properties Group in operation in the city of Évora and the third tourist development in the Alentejo region, where the group also owns the Holiday Inn Beja, which opened last August.

The hotel management of the asset will be handled by AHM – Ace Hospitality Management, a company of the group specialising in the management of hotel developments.

“We strongly believe in the tourist potential of inland Portugal and the group’s investment in the Alentejo demonstrates our confidence in the characteristics of this region. The Holiday Inn Express Évora reflects our commitment to the country and, above all, to urban rehabilitation projects, an area in which we have invested since we arrived in Portugal in 2015. We are very pleased with this opening, and we are certain that it will be a success and an asset that will complement perfectly the cultural and historical prestige of the city of Évora”, said Jordi Vilanova, President of the Mercan Properties Group in Portugal.