The Holiday Inn Ontario Airport — an upscale, four-story property managed by San Diego-based Trigild and owned by Prime Hospitality, LLC — has received the 2009 InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Newcomer Award, earning recognition as one of the best properties to join the system within the last year as either a new development or a conversion project.

The hotel, which opened in February of 2008 and joined the IHG system in February 2008, was recognized during the 2009 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Washington D.C., with the property’s general manager Jim Haupert accepting the award.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award and to join the IHG system,” said Haupert. “We emerged from IHG’s inspection process with flying colors, receiving the highest scores for quality and guest satisfaction, and our focus is to continue to make our guests’ experience the very highest priority.”

The property, with a three-meal restaurant and bar, an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, state-of-the-art fitness facilities and over 5,000 square feet of meeting space, sets a high standard for service, amenities and quality amongst busy airport hotels in the region. Situated on two acres less than a mile from the Ontario Airport and one block from the Ontario Convention Center, the hotel also features spacious, beautifully appointed guest rooms — including seven executive and two junior suites — equipped with the finest amenities and high tech touches, among them flat screen TVs and high-speed Internet access. For more information, please call 888-722-7022 or visit http://www.hiontario.com.