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1/13/2016 Newsroom Article Serving up pancake selfies https://me2.ihgmerlin.com/web/news/article?id=35054639 1/2 Serving up pancake selfies Contact [email protected] 09 Sep 2015 The Holiday Inn Express® brand ‘Pancake Selfie Express’ tour aracts major media and social media coverage. The Holiday Inn Express® brand continues to spread the pancake love. Following the popular “Pancakes at Night” promotion, the brand has launched the “Pancake Selfie Express,” a ninecity tour being credited as the brilliant idea of Creative Director and Breakfast Excellence Honcho, actor/comedian Rob Riggle. Over the next six weeks, people will have the chance to snap a selfie and have it laserprinted on a pancake produced by the brand’s “smart” onetouch pancake machine, recently named “The Stack Station.” The tour kicked off in Dallas on September 2 , with an early morning broadcast segment featuring Jennifer Gribble, VP Holiday Inn Express brand, Americas, on the local Dallas ABC affiliate, WFAA. Momentum continued throughout the day with visits from FOX (KDFW), CW and Dallas Morning News/GuideLive, as well as coverage the following morning on CBS (KTVT) and NBC (KXAS). During her interview, Jennifer said, “This clever concept is the perfect fit for our latest ‘Stay Smart’ campaign, because it brings our Express Start™ breakfast offering to travelers in a fun and engaging way to show them why the Holiday Inn Express brand is the smart choice.” Media coverage continued into the Labor Day holiday weekend as the “Pancake Selfie Express” food truck 12 9 share nd

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Serving up pancake selfiesContact [email protected] 09 Sep 2015

     

The Holiday Inn Express® brand ‘Pancake Selfie Express’ tour a嵾racts major media and social media coverage.

The Holiday Inn Express® brand continues to spread the pancake love. Following the popular “Pancakesat Night” promotion, the brand has launched the “Pancake Selfie Express,” a ninecity tour being creditedas the brilliant idea of Creative Director and Breakfast Excellence Honcho, actor/comedian Rob Riggle.Over the next six weeks, people will have the chance to snap a selfie and have it laserprinted on apancake produced by the brand’s “smart” onetouch pancake machine, recently named “The StackStation.”

The tour kicked off in Dallas on September 2 , with an early morning broadcast segment featuringJennifer Gribble, VP Holiday Inn Express brand, Americas, on the local Dallas ABC affiliate, WFAA.Momentum continued throughout the day with visits from FOX (KDFW), CW and Dallas MorningNews/GuideLive, as well as coverage the following morning on CBS (KTVT) and NBC (KXAS).  

During her interview, Jennifer said, “This clever concept is the perfect fit for our latest ‘Stay Smart’campaign, because it brings our Express Start™ breakfast offering to travelers in a fun and engaging wayto show them why the Holiday Inn Express brand is the smart choice.”

Media coverage continued into the Labor Day holiday weekend as the “Pancake Selfie Express” food truck

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traveled to Austin. Stories appeared on Eater Austin, the AustinAmerican Statesman’s Austin 360 blogand CBS (KEYE).

Below is a snapshot of what the media are saying. Check out #PancakeSelfie on Instagram and Twitter tosee some of the great consumer content posted by guests who’re visiting the truck along the way!

Eat your selfie: Pancake Selfies look too good to eat Get your face stamped on a pancake this week in downtown DallasHoliday Inn Express® hits road with Pancake Selfie ExpressGood Morning Texas Out & About: Ideas for things to do around North TexasGet your selfie on a pancake at the Domain this weekend

Following Dallas and Austin, the tour heads to Phoenix (Sept. 1114), San Diego (Sept. 1719), LongBeach (Sept. 2122), Los Angeles (Sept. 2427), San Francisco (Oct. 23), Oakland (Oct. 56) andSacramento (Oct. 911).

Locals in each city can visit the truck for their own pancake selfie, as well as the chance to win breakfastinspired swag and IHG® Rewards Club points to be applied towards future stays at Holiday Inn Expressproperties.

Visit staysmart.com to track the truck on its journey, learn more about the stateoftheart selfie technologyand watch some humorous videos starring Rob Riggle.