Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront

The Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront is a hotel in Portland, Oregon. The hotel is located on Hayden Island, along the Columbia River east of the Interstate Bridge. Construction cost $18 million.

History

The hotel opened in 1978 as the DoubleTree Hotel Jantzen Beach. It was sold to Red Lion in the late 1990s. Howard Dietrich Jr. owned the hotel, as of 2012.
The hotel was sold to IHG in early 2022 and soon became the Holiday Inn Portland-Columbia Riverfront.

Events

In 2011, various events hosted at the hotel included American Idol auditions, a public memorial for Red Lion co-founder Ed Pietz, a ballroom dancing competition, a Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest conference, and a school gala. The hotel has also hosted a mobilization ceremony, the Junior State of America's Pacific Northwest Winter Congress, the River City Bluegrass Festival, and OryCon, Portland's annual science fiction and fantasy convention.