What is Holiday Inn?
{{Infobox company | name = Holiday Inn Hotels | logo = | type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[InterContinental Hotels Group|IHG]] | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], [[United States|U.S.]]<br>({{Start date|1952|08|01}}) | founder = [[Kemmons Wilson]] | location_city = [[Atlanta, Georgia]] | location_country = | location = | locations = 1,874 United States | area_served = [[Americas]], [[Europe]], [[Middle East]], [[Africa]] & [[Asia-Pacific]] | key_people = | industry = [[Hotel]]s | products = | production = | services = [[Food service]]s, [[lodging]], [[convention (meeting)|conventions]], [[meeting]]s, [[timeshare]]s | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[InterContinental Hotels Group]] | divisions = . | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.holidayinn.com HolidayInn.com] | footnotes =<ref>{{cite web| title=Supplementary Information| url=http://www.ihgplc.com/files/results/results09Q1/downloads/slides09Q1.pdf| publisher=International Hotels Group| date=March 31, 2009| accessdate=June 6, 2009| archive-date=June 3, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603073556/https://www.ihgplc.com/files/results/results09Q1/downloads/slides09Q1.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> | intl = }} [[File:Holiday Inn, Liverpool.jpg|thumb|left|The Holiday Inn in [[Liverpool]]]] '''Holiday Inn''' is a [[brand]] of [[hotel]]s. Holiday Inn is one of the world's most recognized hotel brands. It is part of the [[InterContinental Hotels Group]] (IHG). Kemmons Wilson had the idea for the business after a family road trip to [[Washington, D.C.]]. During the trip, he was disappointed by the quality of roadside motels at that time. Mr. Wilson partnered with [[Wallace E. Johnson]] to buil