InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed two new Hotel Indigo properties in Glasgow and Liverpool, the first outside London.

The brand has 27 hotels open in North America and began its global roll out of 59 more with the opening of Hotel Indigo London Paddington in January 2009. Hotel Indigo Glasgow is scheduled to open mid-2010 with 96 bedrooms. A converted bank building situated on Waterloo Street, it will offer guests easy access to the financial district, main shopping area and Central Station. It is the latest IHG property to be franchised by Chardon Management which also operates other IHG brands including seven Holiday Inn and four Holiday Inn Express hotels across the UK.

There are seven existing IHG hotels in Glasgow: one Crowne Plaza, three Holiday Inn and three Holiday Inn Express hotels. Hotel Indigo Liverpool is set to open in Spring 2011. Owned by existing IHG franchisee Sanguine Hospitality, the 151-room hotel will be situated in the city centre.

IHG has seven hotels open in Liverpool including one Holiday Inn, three Holiday Inn Express hotels, two Crowne Plaza hotels and one Staybridge Suites property. In another recent development, IHG has signed a management contract for its first Hotel Indigo in Hong Kong. The agreement with Tai Hung Fai Enterprise, a property developer owning over 100 properties across Hong Kong and Macau, will see the 150-room Hotel Indigo Hong Kong QRE open in 2012 in Wan Chai on Hong Kong island.

January this year saw the company signing three further London properties - in Cannon Street, Philpot Lane and Kensington Church Street.