InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the signing of two Holiday Inn hotels in Colombia. Adding 285 rooms to IHG’s existing three-hotel portfolio in Colombia, the new hotels are slated for the northeast cities of Bucaramanga and Cucuta.

Scheduled to open in 2014 in Santander—one of the most upscale areas of the region—in the “city of parks,” the 187-room Holiday Inn Bucaramanga will make up part of a mixed-use, high-end development. Various restaurants, movie theaters, a gym, a 17-story office building, and the Cacique shopping mall will complete the complex.

Petroleum, manufacturing, and agriculture drive the local economy, making Bucaramanga a significant business destination. The hotel will feature a modern design in its bar, business center, restaurant, gym, indoor pool, and 11,000 square feet of meeting space.

Slated for Cucuta’s commercial area, the 98-room, 14-story Holiday Inn Cucuta will be located in front of Ventura Plaza, a prominent shopping center. With its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cucuta serves as a key import-export center. The Holiday Inn Cucuta will feature a restaurant, business center, outdoor swimming pool, meeting rooms, and fitness facility.