IHG opens fourth Crowne Plaza in Oman
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is continuing to reinforce its presence in Oman with the opening of Crowne Plaza Duqm today. The new hotel will join IHG’s three existing Crowne Plaza hotels in Oman’s major cities – Muscat, Sohar and Salalah - as well as InterContinental Muscat. → Read More
IHG set to expand Crowne Plaza presence in Muscat
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Oman Tourism Development Company SAOC (Omran) to open Crowne Plaza Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat. → Read More
IHG offers free internet for all loyalty members worldwide
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today announced that it will be providing free internet to all its 71m loyalty programme members, worldwide. The announcement comes as IHG reveals the results of a global online survey* which show that nearly half of adults (43%) would choose not to stay in a hotel that charged for internet. → Read More
IHG announces sale of InterContinental London Park Lane for £300m
InterContinental Hotels Group has announces it has agreed to sell InterContinental London Park Lane to Constellation Hotel UK, which is an affiliate of Constellation Hotels, a Middle Eastern private investment group. IHG’s leasehold interest in the hotel has been sold for gross cash proceeds of £301.5 million, 62 per cent above December 31st 2012 net book value. → Read More
IHG expands presence in Frankfurt
IHG has announced the signing of the Holiday Inn Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, one of the first Holiday Inns in Germany to feature the brand’s new ‘Open Lobby’ concept. → Read More
Future set for strong growth of Asian travellers
Asian travellers alone will account for one third of the world’s travel spend by 2020, according to a new report by IHG, one of the world’s largest hotel companies, and The Futures Company, which identifies the trends set to shape the next 10 years of travel and the new categories of traveller that are emerging. → Read More
IHG plans major expansion in Russia
IHG has signed a franchise MDA to develop 15 new hotels in Russia by 2019, which, when open, will double the size of IHG’s estate there as it stands today, and will introduce the Holiday Inn Express brand to the region for the first time. → Read More
IHG expands presence in Brazil
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, today announced the signing of the Holiday Inn Express® Marília. The new-build, 102-room Holiday Inn Express® hotel will be among the first internationally branded properties in the city of Marília, and is slated to open toward the end of 2014. → Read More
IHG signs 13 new hotels in India
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced it has signed 13 new hotels in India, boosting its existing pipeline in the country to 47. IHG first entered India in 1962 when it opened an InterContinental in Delhi. IHG is expanding in cities including business and tourism destinations such as Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Goa. → Read More
IHG selects MICROS Simphony for next-gen point-of-service for UK properties
MICROS Systems, the leading provider of technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has selected the cloud-based MICROS Simphony Enterprise Solution as its next generation point-of-service solution for 61 UK hotels. → Read More
Holiday Inn opens in South Carolina
InterContinental Hotels Group is opening its latest hotel in South Carolina. The 120 room Holiday Inn Charleston Historic Downtown, will be the first new hotel development in the area in over 10 years. → Read More
New appointment for IHG AMEA
InterContinental Hotels Group has announced its new Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) operations leadership structure. Within these changes Mr. Fergus Stewart, Regional General Manager Vietnam & Cambodia is promoted to Director of Operations, Thailand & Indochina. → Read More
