• IHG signed a master development agreement with ALAND to launch Staybridge Suites in Australia, targeting at least 15 hotels.
• Planned portfolio totals at least 2,000 rooms, giving ALAND exclusive rights to develop the brand nationwide.
• First franchise deals cover Staybridge Suites Sydney Parramatta with 130 rooms, Staybridge Suites Sydney Leppington with 112 rooms.
• Signature Hotel Management Group will manage both Greater Western Sydney properties.
• Deal expands IHG’s Australian extended-stay footprint, building on the recently opened 130-room voco Gosford in ALAND’s Archibald precinct.

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