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IHG Army Hotels is the result of a partnership between InterContinental Hotels Group and Lend Lease Group (US) Public Partnerships. This partnership was formed in response to the Privatization of Army Lodging (PAL) program by the United States Army. The Army’s request for qualifications (RFQ) sought to fulfill specific requirements that included improving the quality of on-post lodgings throughout the U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. This RFQ sought entities with experience in the management of room inventory and hotel service, expertise in construction, and financing experience in the upgrades and renovations of these on-post lodgings.

U.S. Army awarded the PAL program to Lend Lease with a 50-year lease deal, and IHG has a 25-year management agreement with options to extend.

When the PAL program is completed in 2021, there will be 76 IHG-branded hotels with about 11,600 rooms in the U.S. and Puerto Rico at army bases.

History
After being awarded the PAL program in 2006, IHG Army Hotels began the first phase of the PAL takeover in 2009 with 10 posts. During this time, on-post lodgings underwent upgrades, renovations, and or new builds. IHG Army Hotels transformed these lodgings to meet basic standards for guests that included improved amenities,such as complimentary breakfast and wireless Internet. Additional amenities at IHG Army Hotels were designed to cater to military travelers that include weekly barbecues, full-time concierges, and free laundry facilities.

In 2010, the first on-post Holiday Inn Express opened on Fort Polk, Louisiana.

In 2011, 11 additional posts were added under IHG Army Hotels purview as part of the PAL program ; with the addition of 18 posts in 2013.

, IHG Army Hotels operate upgraded and renovated military lodgings, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, and Candlewood Suites on 39 Army posts.

In the community
IHG Army Hotels is involved with the Fisher House Foundation and Building for America's Bravest, a program of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

Notable properties

 * Fort Sill: Largest Holiday Inn Express in the world with 540 rooms, opened in 2011
 * Joint Base San Antonio: Largest Candlewood Suites (310 rooms) to open on post as part of the PAL program