Chía, 18 november 2020 - Accor, a world leading hospitality group, today announced it will open its eighth ibis hotel in Colombia, located in the municipality of Chía, Cundinamarca. Opening with the design concept of "ibis Archange Evolution" the hotel promises to be a place where modernism and comfort come together to encourage tourists to visit the Sabana de Bogotá. Its location, visibility and access make it the ideal hotel for both corporate and leisure markets.
Strategically located in the area of greatest development of the savannah, just 10 km from Bogotá, at km 2 on the Via Chía - Cajicá, 200 meters from the Fontanar Shopping Center and 500 meters from the New Marly Clinic, the ibis Chía becomes the first internationally branded hotel in the area.
With the ibis Archange Evolution concept, the ibis brand seeks to give it a touch of functional and flexible design. This will be evident throughout the hotel’s public spaces, while rooms will provide a relaxing environment for guests. This new layout includes a Service Wall, relaxation area, and terrace area in spaces with attitude and personality, including local images infused into the decoration to offer a true sense of place.
Franck Pruvost, COO of Accor for Hispanic countries says: “We are happy to arrive in Chía, a municipality that has important potential for the tourism industry in Colombia, as part of Greater Bogotá, with its nearby cities, that together are key to the growth of the industry and the economic segment including one of our most important brands worldwide: ibis.”
The ibis Chía hotel has a structure of 5 floors and 96 standard rooms: doubles, doubles + sofa bed, twins and special rooms for people with disabilities. The hotel offers visitors a buffet breakfast, restaurant with local and international cuisine, 24-hour F&B, parking, 24-hour reception and is pet friendly for pets up to 15 kilos.
Recently, Accor successfully certified its hotels as ALLSAFE through a third-party review and accreditation process with professional auditors such as Bureau Veritas, SGS and Clifton. ibis Chía has achieved the ALLSAFE seal, meaning it complies with a detailed list of hygiene and cleanliness protocols, offering reassurance staff as well as guests and tourists who visit the hotel during the pandemic.
In addition, ibis Chia is innovating with the new free telemedicine service available to all its guests globally. Through a global partnership with AXA, a world leader in insurance, Accor guests who become ill or are in need of urgent medical assistance will receive free access to first-line medical teleconsultations.
One of the highlights of this place are its access roads and the proximity it has to places of interest and entertainment such as the famous Andrés Carne de Res de Chía restaurant, bar and dance hall, the largest shopping center in La Sabana, Fontanar, and the OXUS business center, which makes it ideal for both the corporate market and for leisure tourism. On the other hand, it is located six minutes from the central square of Chía, nine minutes from the Marroquin Castle, 15 minutes from the main park, and also in close proximity to universities, schools, clinics and hospitals and different places of leisure. The location of this hotel in the Quantum convergence center, making it an easy place to locate for tourists or inhabitants of the region.
In this way, the spaces of the ibis Chía hotel seeks to communicate modernism, beauty and character, attributes that seek to pay homage to the routes of the Sabana Tourist Train, which have become classics, thus achieving a mix of modern urbanism with the landscapes of the savannah.