InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the signing of InterContinental Sofia, the first for the brand in Bulgaria.

The hotel will operate under a management agreement with InterHotel Grand - Hotel Sofia AD.

The existing hotel will undergo a refurbishment and emerge as a 182-room luxury InterContinental hotel in 2017.

The hotel will feature seven meeting rooms and five boardrooms, a lobby bar, a spa and fitness centre as well as a roof top restaurant overlooking the main square.

The hotel is located nearby Central Railway Station Sofia and the National Theatre and is a 20-minute drive away from Sofia’s International Airport.