InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed several agreements with developers to build four new properties by the end of 2008 in Brazil, in the cities of Manaus, Natal, Foz do Iguacu and Aparecida do Norte.

InterContinental has announced that Staybridge Suites has opened its newest,all-suite, upscale extended-stay hotel to Kalamazoo, Mich.

Opportunities Abound to Grow Visits from Location Oriented SearchesAnalysis by Hitwise reveals that visits to hotel websites in the UK are consolidating among the three most visited hotel websites and that opportunities abound to attract those looking for hotels online through location or place names.

Intercontinental Hotels Group Maintains Its Position As World LeaderAs a foreshadow of the detailed assessment of the worldwide hotel industry, compiled each year by MKG Consulting and published in the May/June issue of HTR Magazine, here is a listing of the 10 largest groups, and 20 largest brands in the world.

InterContinental Hotels Group, the world’s most global hotel company and largest by number of rooms, announced today appointments of the executive committee at the $115 million InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta, the company’s flagship property scheduled to open in November 2004.

The InterContinental global hotel company has announced plans to open its latest InterContinental resort hotel as the centerpiece of the $200 million Wildflower Resort development project, spanning a 1,000-acre lakefront peninsula in Grand Prairie, Texas. The InterContinental Wildflower is the first domestic U.S. resort property to be added to the brandå‘s portfolio.