{"id":1004030407,"date":"2011-06-21T06:30:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004030407"},"modified":"2022-12-04T04:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T12:56:26","slug":"ihop-expands-to-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ihop-expands-to-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"IHOP Expands to Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 20, 2011<br \/>\nBy Allison Landa, News Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004030408\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"highslide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004030408\" data-attachment-id=\"1004030408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/ihop-expands-to-middle-east\/img_0440\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;IMG_0440&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0440\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user thepinkpeppercorn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg?w=500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0440\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004030408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/06\/thepinkpeppercorn.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004030408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Flickr Creative Commons user thepinkpeppercorn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The International House of Pancakes chain is expanding to the Middle East. Owner DineEquity Inc. announced that IHOP has signed a multi-restaurant franchise agreement for the development of 40 new restaurants in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first expansion of the chain outside North America and is the largest international development deal in the brand\u2019s history. The restaurants will start opening over the next 12 months, with openings slated to continue over the next 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>According to DineEquity chairman &amp; CEO Julia Stewart, the agreement illustrates a commitment to grow the business and expand beyond traditional markets. She added that the firm plans to make IHOP a destination of choice throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, IHOP has focused on North America, with restaurants located throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. However, recent international development has seen the brand expand to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guatemala, with plans to open between 55 and 65 new restaurants this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restaurant chain has inked a multi-restaurant franchise agreement for the development of 40 new locations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain and Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":936,"featured_media":1004030408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21808,16,21742,21749],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004030407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-featured","category-international","category-latest","category-retail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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