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By Rick Aristotle Munarriz | More Articles February 29, 2012 |

If that business trip doesn't work out, there's always the workout.

Holiday Inn parent InterContinental (NYSE: IHG) is opening a new chain of hotels with a fitness theme. When the first of the Even hotels opens early next year, guests will see a large gym adjacent to the lobby's front desk.

It's not just about a big fitness room that will be front and center. The actual rooms will have more open spaces than traditional lodging options for personal workouts. Rooms will have weight benches, exercise mats, and even sturdy coat racks that double as chin-up bars.

Taking a page out of the high-end Canyon Ranch wellness playbook, the hotel's restaurant offerings will also serve up plenty of healthy fare.

InterContinental is earmarking $150 million for the first phase of snapping up other hotels and rebranding them.

It's a smart move. InterContinental will be able to charge a bit more than it typically commands for its Holiday Inn properties, and a seemingly stodgy lodging chain becomes an unlikely play on the country's wellness trends.

There's clearly big money to be made in promoting cardio workouts.

Last week alone saw the Active Network (NYSE: ACTV) -- the undisputed champ in Web-based registrations for endurance events -- post a 23% surge in quarterly revenue, and Nike (NYSE: NKE) introduce its mobile health Nike+ FuelBand bracelet.

You'll be hard pressed to find a specialty retailer growing as quickly as workout gear boutique lululemon athletica (Nasdaq: LULU) , and that reminds me that the Even hotel rooms will emphasize natural light for guests wanting to take in some yoga to cool down.

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