The InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) has signed a deal for 20 new Express by Holiday Inn properties in Spain.
The agreement is with the British Investment group Zinnia Hotels Properties Holdings which is putting 180m into the venture.
The hotels will be opened over the next five years. They will almost double the current number of this IHG brand in the country.
Currently it has 15 in the country with six more in the pipeline.
Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Logroño, Madrid, Oviedo, Seville and Vigo are among the cities where the new hotels Hill open.
Kirk Kinsell, IHG's president EMEA, said: "Following the recent announcement of the worldwide relaunch of Holiday Inn, this is an especially significant and exciting time for the Holiday Inn brand family."
Four airlines raise fuel surcharges
Four European airlines announced increases in their fuel charges blamed on the steep rise in oil prices.
BA said it will increase its surcharge from today (November 15).
On long haul flights of less than nine hours, it will go up by £10 from £38 to £48 per sector.
For long haul flights of more than nine hours, it will rise by £15 per sector from £43 to £58.
For short haul flights, the surcharge will increase by £2 from £8 to £10 per flight.
It is the carrier's third increase this year.
Lufthansa said it would raise its surcharge on long haul flights from November 14 by 10, bringing the added cost per flight to 77.
The surcharge on short and medium haul flights of 14 is not changed.
Air France KLM said its increase would be 2 on short and medium haul flights and 10 on long haul trips.
The increase is effective from today.
Low cost carrier Air Berlin raised its surcharge on November 9 by 5 on medium haul flights and by 10 on long haul flights by LTU.
The 18 surcharge on short haul flights remains unchanged.
Robert Boyle, BA's commercial director, said: "The cost of oil has reached record levels, rising by more than $20 per barrel since we last increased our fuel surcharge in June 2007."
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