I stayed at this hotel in early January, 2008. I found the room through Hotwire and was quite nervous after reading some scathing reviews, particularly on Yahoo. The party with whom I was meeting expressed concern when she heard where I was staying as well. The word around Peoria was that it had gotten so bad it lost its "Holiday Inn" charter for a while. However, the official web site for the hotel said that they had just completed phase one of their renovation and it seemed to address many of the criticisms I read.
In a nutshell: check in was easy, the staff was very nice and the room was just fine. It seemed clean and well maintained, and while the bathroom was not as new as the rest of the room (yet, that is phase 2 of the renovation) there was nothing wrong with it. The pool was closed when I was there (for renovation), not that I cared.
One minor knock - the continental breakfast was sub-par. But hey, it is the HOLIDAY INN in PEORIA.
I hope not to have to return to Peoria too often; but if I have to, I would stay there again.













