Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Lake Placid is a newly built hotel where premium amenities and VIP treatment are offered in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Families will enjoy staying at this Lake Placid hotel because of its convenient access to local attractions- including Gatorama- Sebring International Raceway and fishing and water recreation on 27 freshwater lakes. Lake Placid is known as the "Caladium Capital of the World." To many visitors- just driving past the 1-300-acre fields of vibrant reds- whites and pinks is worth the trip to Lake Placid. These fields have been compared to the tulip fields of Holland.