Holiday Inn hotel to create 47 jobs in Londonderry

Property, retail and hospitality business Duddy Group is to create 47 new jobs through a launch of a new Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Londonderry.

The £7m project, supported by the offer of £724k from regional development agency Invest NI and £475k from the Department for Communities, is located on the corner of Strand Road and Great James Street.

The newly furbished hotel will have 116 bedrooms, a Marco Pierre New York Italian Restaurant, two meeting rooms and three retail units, and provide accommodation for up to 40,000 visitors a year. The hotel is due to open early next year.

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