In the San Bernardino Valley half way (26 miles) between Palm Springs and Riverside, the handsome new Holiday Inn Express hotel in Banning, CA, offers guests 70 large and very clean rooms & suites, featuring free internet access and a 32" flat screen TV. Also available are free hot breakfast, a fitness center and a 24 hour business center. The hotel is built right next to exit 98 (Sunset Ave) of interstate 10, in a generally quiet, residential area, though there are several restaurants across the road and a supermarket one block west along Ramsey St. The Holiday Inn Express opened spring 2009.