As Sydney�s final hotel opening before the Olympic Games, the new Ibis 2003 concept is based on providing a uniform product, with identical rooms, similar facilities and genuine value rates. The Australian design will be similar to Ibis 2003 hotels opened recently in London and Berlin. 

Located only minutes from Sydney�s domestic and international airports, the three star Ibis Sydney Airport will attract travellers from regional areas flying out of Sydney, the drive market holidaying in New South Wales, those visiting friends and relatives and corporate travellers looking for the basic essentials of �best price� and a good night�s sleep. 

�To ensure we offer true value to the customer and a rate structure that�s easily understood, Ibis hotels now offer a competitive room-only price that is available all year round. With the exception of peak times where a special event rate is applicable, guests know exactly what their room costs even before they book. Such transparency of rates is a crucial feature of Ibis hotels, and has proved universally popular with travellers who do not understand the myriad of rates that apply at hotels,� said Ibis Sydney Airport General Manager, Maria Cary. 
 

�All our research shows that if a business or leisure traveller is looking for 3-star accommodation what they want is consistency, quality and a good rate. Ibis 2003 guarantees all three. The new hotel makes very clever use of space, and this sense of freedom goes along with a real sense of service among the small, motivated and multi-skilled team.� Familiar to all Ibis hotels in Australia, Ibis Sydney Airport will feature the Brasserie

The "15-minute Satisfaction Contract" states that Ibis is committed to solving any problem encountered by a guest within fifteen minutes. This hardly comes as a surprise, since Ibis became the first international hotel chain to be awarded 120 9002 certification in 1997. The certification, issued by Bureau Veritas Quality International, vouches for the professionalism of the staff and the soundness of the organisation.

In addition there are valuable extras for guests, such as self-serve laundries, limited free parking and a free airport shuttle bus service. In room facilities include television, voicemail, movielink, air-conditioning and tea/coffee, and three of the six floors are non-smoking. Disabled accommodation is also available.

Australia joins countries such as the UK, Germany, France and Spain in the roll-out of Ibis 2003. In Australia, an Ibis 2003 is planned for Newcastle, and the Ibis network will grow to some 10 hotels by 2002.

�The Sydney Airport area is an ideal place to launch the new Ibis as the area does not have any international 3-star accommodation and the area has grown rapidly both in airport-related services and other industrial and commercial business,� concluded Ms Cary.

With 550 Ibis hotels worldwide, there are currently five Ibis Hotels in Australia including the landmark Ibis hotel at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay.

Ibis hotels are managed by Accor, the world�s largest hotel and tourism company, operating in 140 countries around the world.