BROOKLYN ADDS A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS® HOTEL

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, APRIL 28

Brooklyn New York is adding a Holiday Inn Express hotel. The 116-room hotel located at 625 Union Street in the Park Slope district will open for business on June 15, 2006.

The new Holiday Inn Express Brooklyn to be managed by Rhode Island based Magna Hospitality Group LC, will feature 116 deluxe guestrooms and suites. Magna Hospitality Group LC also manages the first Holiday Inn Express to open in Manhattan. The Holiday Inn Express located at 5th and 45th in Midtown opened its doors last October. This will be the third Holiday Inn Express operated by the company. Magna also operates fifteen other hotels throughout the United States and Canada.

Holiday Inn Express is the modern hotel for value-oriented travelers. Fresh, clean and uncomplicated, Holiday Inn Express hotels offer competitive rates for both business and leisure travelers. Guests Stay Smart with Holiday Inn Express where they enjoy a complimentary Express Start breakfast bar, free local phone calls (US only) and the ability to earn Priority Club Rewards points that can be redeemed for merchandise, airline miles or free stays in more than 3,300 hotels. There are currently more than 1,300 Holiday Inn Express locations around the globe. For more information about Holiday Inn Express or to book reservations, call 1-800-HOLIDAY or visit www.hiexpress.com.

Luis Soto has been named General Manager of the Holiday Inn Express Brooklyn, with Cathy Pascale appointed as Director of Sales. For more information about the hotel or for reservations contact Robbie Wilson, NYC City Manager for Magna Hospitality Group at (646) 688-1118 or email at Robbie.Wilson@magnahospitality.com.