IHG Hotels and Resorts and Hong Kong’s Harilela Group said on August 17, 2026, that three The Hari hotels will join Vignette Collection, IHG’s luxury and lifestyle collection brand. The Hari London and The Hari Hong Kong are set to enter the collection in 2026, while Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre will convert into The Hari Singapore, Vignette Collection, in 2027.
For travelers who already collect IHG One Rewards stays, the practical change is brand access. Once the hotels are live in Vignette systems, points, elite recognition, and booking paths that work across Vignette properties become part of the planning toolkit for Belgravia, Wan Chai, and Orchard Road trips.
- Announcement: August 17, 2026 franchise package from IHG and Harilela.
- 2026 joins: The Hari London (85 rooms) and The Hari Hong Kong (210 rooms).
- 2027 debut: The Hari Singapore via a 324-room Orchard Road conversion.
- Brand home: Vignette Collection inside IHG’s luxury and lifestyle group.
- Traveler action: Watch IHG booking and One Rewards surfaces as each hotel goes live.
What IHG and Harilela actually announced
According to the official IHG news release, the deal is a three-hotel franchise package. It marks Vignette Collection’s brand entry in Singapore and expands the collection’s presence in Hong Kong and London.
IHG says the wider Harilela relationship already includes Holiday Inn Golden Mile in Hong Kong, Holiday Inn Express Changzhou Center, and Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom. With The Hari set, the partners would collaborate across six hotels in five destinations.
Trade coverage from LoyaltyLobby and other hospitality outlets repeated the same room counts and year splits on the day of the release. Those reports are useful confirmation, but the IHG page remains the primary schedule language.
London and Hong Kong in 2026
The Hari London is an 85-room hotel in Belgravia, close to Knightsbridge, Sloane Street, and Hyde Park. IHG describes it as a residential-style stay for leisure travelers who want a compact luxury base near central London shopping and park walks.
The Hari Hong Kong has 210 rooms in Wan Chai, between Causeway Bay and Admiralty. The release positions it for both business and leisure guests who want a contemporary urban hotel between commercial and waterfront districts.
Neither hotel is a brand-new ground-up opening in this announcement. The material change for 2026 is the Vignette Collection affiliation and the loyalty and booking plumbing that usually follows a collection brand join.
Singapore’s 2027 conversion is the longer play
The Singapore chapter is a conversion, not a cold opening. Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre, which opened in 1985 and is described as IHG’s longest-operating hotel in Singapore, is being transformed into The Hari Singapore, Vignette Collection.
IHG says British designer Tara Bernerd, whose portfolio already includes The Hari London and The Hari Hong Kong, is overseeing the redesign. The hotel sits on Orchard Road near Emerald Hill, with access toward Marina Bay, the Civic District, and Changi Airport.
Travelers planning Singapore for 2026 should not assume The Hari nameplate is already bookable there. The release puts the welcome year in 2027, after the renovation work.
What Vignette Collection membership changes for guests
Vignette Collection is IHG’s collection brand for distinctive hotels that keep their own names while plugging into IHG’s distribution and loyalty machine. IHG’s release places the brand above 80 open and pipeline hotels worldwide and notes recent openings such as The One Shanghai Downtown, Palm Springs Hotel Chengdu, and CIEL Dubai Marina. Deep Arrival already covered recent Vignette debuts, including The Aarlis Hotel Panchkula as India’s first Vignette Collection hotel and The Venice Times opening in Italy, which help show how collection joins usually translate into live booking pages.
For One Rewards members, the usual traveler questions are earn rates, redemption availability, elite benefits, and whether suite or breakfast privileges apply the same way they do at other Vignette stays. Those answers land in the live rate rules and hotel directory pages once each Hari property is coded into the system.
Until the hotels appear as Vignette inventory, treat 2026 London and Hong Kong stays as conversion watches rather than guaranteed points stays. Screenshot or save any pre-join confirmation if you book through a third party during the transition.
How to plan around the three cities
London guests deciding between Belgravia boutique inventory and larger IHG luxury flags should compare location first. The Hari London’s pitch is intimacy and neighborhood access, not a mega-lobby resort footprint.
Hong Kong guests who want Wan Chai as a base can put The Hari Hong Kong on the short list once Vignette booking links are live, then compare it with other Admiralty and Causeway Bay options for meeting locations and harbor access.
Singapore guests targeting Orchard Road in 2027 should track the Holiday Inn conversion timeline and keep a backup Orchard or Marina Bay hotel until The Hari Singapore publishes open dates and rate codes.
Deep Arrival does not currently have a dedicated London, Hong Kong, or Singapore hotel hub that matches this exact traveler decision, so this story does not force an evergreen bridge. Use the official hotel and IHG directory pages for property-level facts while city sightseeing plans stay on whatever destination guides you already trust.
Known facts versus open questions
Confirmed in the IHG release: the three-hotel franchise package, the 85 / 210 / 324 room counts, the 2026 join years for London and Hong Kong, the 2027 Singapore conversion path, and Tara Bernerd’s design role on the Singapore project.
Still open for travelers: the exact calendar date each hotel flips in booking systems, the One Rewards earn chart on each property page, and whether any pre-join third-party reservation needs a fresh confirmation number after the brand codes change.
Those gaps are normal for a same-day brand announcement. They are not a reason to invent a booking deadline that IHG did not publish.
| If you… | What to do |
|---|---|
| Need London or Hong Kong in late 2026 | Recheck IHG and Vignette booking pages for The Hari after the collection join goes live. |
| Are planning Singapore for 2026 | Do not rely on The Hari Singapore yet; the conversion is framed for 2027. |
| Collect IHG One Rewards nights | Confirm earn and elite treatment on the live hotel page before assuming Vignette rules. |
| Want the Tara Bernerd design story | Compare London and Hong Kong now; wait for Singapore photos after the Orchard conversion. |
| Already hold a Hari reservation | Ask the hotel whether confirmation numbers, rates, or loyalty posting change during the brand join. |
- System go-live: When London and Hong Kong appear as Vignette Collection hotels in IHG search.
- Singapore dates: Exact 2027 reopen timing for The Hari Singapore after the Orchard renovation.
- Loyalty rules: One Rewards earn, redemption, and elite benefits on each Hari property page.
- Existing bookings: Whether pre-join reservations keep rates and confirmation details unchanged.
If Belgravia, Wan Chai, or Orchard Road is already on your 2026 to 2027 map, add The Hari trio to the short list and verify the live IHG listing before you move a deposit. The announcement is real; the booking switches still arrive property by property.
When do The Hari hotels join IHG’s Vignette Collection?
IHG says The Hari London and The Hari Hong Kong join in 2026, and The Hari Singapore follows in 2027 through an Orchard Road conversion.
How many rooms do the three hotels have?
The release lists 85 rooms in London, 210 in Hong Kong, and 324 in the Singapore conversion of Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre.
Will IHG One Rewards work at The Hari hotels?
That is the expected traveler outcome after each hotel is live in Vignette systems. Confirm earn and elite rules on the property page once the listing appears.
Is The Hari Singapore open now?
No. IHG frames Singapore as a 2027 welcome after the Holiday Inn Orchard conversion and redesign.
Who owns and operates The Hari brand in this deal?
Harilela Group remains the hotel partner under a franchise agreement with IHG for the Vignette Collection affiliation.
