1998 The original campaign, which featured commercials ending in the line "But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night," ran for 11 years, starting in 1998, and was originally created by Fallon.

It helped that the chain also had a catchy name, credited to the brand's architect Eddie Bluestein, who inscribed “Holiday Inn” onto his design sketches of the first Memphis-based motel. Bluestein was inspired by the 1942 movie musical of the same name starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms announced today the launch of Holiday Inn's largest global advertising campaign in brand history - "Stay You".

Theme: Love conquers all, as we touch on major holiday traditions. Smoking, Drinking, and Gambling: No reference to any. Sex: Suggestive references to romance, some kisses.

Holiday Inn Mission Statement To make a difference in the lives of the individuals we touch every day, by working together to deliver commitment, personalised service and a superior hospitality product by upholding a strong moral system and actively participating in the community.

Providing leisure guests, business customers and families with great places to stay since it opened the doors of its first hotel in 1952, Holiday Inn is an award-winning global icon, with more than 1,000 hotels and an ever-expanding pipeline of properties around the world.

JasperRufus SewellArthurEli WallachAmanda WoodsCameron DiazIrisKate WinsletGrahamJude LawMilesJack Black The Holiday/Characters

Holiday Inn, Effingham, Illinois, 1961 Location was key to Holiday Inns' success. Preferred sites on the righthand side of major highways made stopping convenient for travelers. In the 1950s and 1960s, the company snatched up property for future Holiday Inns adjacent to the new Interstate Highway System.

Inns, where coaches arrived and departed, were nodal points of the transport system. They offered rooms to stay overnight, food, and stables, and were often huge purpose-built business complexes with shops and storage facilities, situated alongside major roads in the provinces, and town centres, and in cities.

The protagonist is the character who drives the action--the character whose fate matters most. In other words, they are involved in - and often central to - the plot or conflict of the story, but are also usually the emotional heart of the narrative. Sometimes it's easy to pinpoint who the protagonist is in a story.

Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda for a much-needed break. Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood mansion while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village. Soon enough, both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up.The Holiday / Film synopsis

Providing leisure guests, business customers and families with great places to stay since it opened the doors of its first hotel in 1952, Holiday Inn is an award-winning global icon, with more than 1,000 hotels and an ever-expanding pipeline of properties around the world.