Global hospitality major Accor’s value hotel brand, ibis, would open its first property - ibis Bengaluru Techpark - in Bangalore in mid-September. This will also be the fourth property in India and the 100th in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a press release from the company.

The hotel which is located on Outer Ring Road, will feature 332 guest rooms that will offer guests spacious and fully-equipped rooms with en suite modular bathrooms; features at guest rooms include a flat-screen TV, and wi-fi and broadband Internet access.

Mr Jean-Michel Casse, Senior Vice-President - Operations, Accor India, said in the release the company has 16 ibis hotels “committed to development”. On a regional basis, the ibis brand will debut in Vietnam and Laos by 2012, and will add nine more properties to the Asia-Pacific region before the year-end