IHG's Latest Crowne Plaza Signing Brings Total Greater China Portfolio to 125 Hotels

IHG's Latest Crowne Plaza Signing Brings Total Greater China Portfolio to 125 Hotels

January 30, 2007

Company on track to reach target of having 125 hotels open
by end of 2008 


    SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG
(ADRs)) announced today the signing of the Crowne Plaza Sun
Palace Beijing, scheduled to open in early 2008. This
announcement highlights the pace of IHG's growth in Greater
China, where it now has a total portfolio of 125 hotels - 65
in operation and an additional 60 in the development
pipeline.

    A. Patrick Imbardelli, chief executive of IHG Asia
Pacific, said: "China is set to become the world's
number one tourism market in the next 10-15 years. With 65
hotels in operation and a plan to have 125 hotels open by
the end of 2008, we already have a good profitable business
model. We continue to explore new opportunities to maintain
our lead position so that we are able to capture the
growing inbound and outbound demand in the years to
come."

    Crowne Plaza Sun Palace Beijing is being developed by
Yunnan Metropolitan Construction Investment Co Ltd and will
be managed by IHG. The 540-room new-build hotel will be
located in the city centre, close to the Beijing
International Exhibition Centre. The hotel, IHG's fourth
Crowne Plaza hotel in Beijing, will have seven restaurants
and bars and over 3,400 square metres of meeting space.

    Other highlights in IHG's China pipeline include the
InterContinental Qingdao located within the Olympic
integrated complex; InterContinental Beijing North, Beijing
Olympic Centre's first luxury hotel and Crowne Plaza
International Airport Beijing, IHG's first airport hotel in
China.

    Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts is an upscale hotel
brand aimed at the business and meetings market. The hotels
provide business travellers and meeting planners with
comprehensive services and facilities that contribute to
successful interactions. Two Crowne Plaza in China, the
Crowne Plaza Shenzhen and Crowne Plaza Jinan, were named in
Forbes Magazine's China's Best Business Hotels Award.

    Notes to Editors:

    InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom
(LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel
group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or
franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,650 hotels
and 543,775 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and
territories around the world. 

    The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and
respected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels
& Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday
Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R),
Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel
Indigo(R), and also manages the world's largest hotel
loyalty programme, Priority Club(R) Rewards with over 30
million members worldwide.

    IHG offers information and online reservations for all
its hotel brands at http://www.ichotelsgroup.com and
information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at
http://www.priorityclub.com .

    For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press
Office at http://www.ihgplc.com/media .


    For more information, please contact:

     Sharona Tao
     InterContinental Hotels Group
     Tel:   [phone]
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SOURCE  InterContinental Hotels Group PLC