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London – 20 February 2018 – InterContinental Hotels Group said it would not pay out any additional capital to investors in 2018 as it announced a better-than-expected profit for 2017 and a new strategy to speed growth, Reuters reported. 1 The operator of Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and InterContinental hotels
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Singapore – 5 February 2018 – InterContinental Hotels Group announces the signing of a new property in Singapore – Holiday Inn Express Singapore Serangoon. This latest addition to the fast-growing Holiday Inn Express portfolio, in partnership with Toledo International, is located at the emerging hip and creative area, Jalan Besar. Expected to
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Tokyo, Japan – 15 January 2018 – InterContinental Hotels Group appoints Leanne Harwood as managing director, Australasia and Japan. She replaces Karin Sheppard, who moves to London to take on the new position as IHG’s managing director, Europe. 1 Leanne Harwood Harwood will be responsible for the operations, growth and performance
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Venice, Italy – 10 January 2018 – InterContinental Hotels Group signed the third Indigo hotel in Italy. The 77-key boutique hotel in a converted building from 1930 will open in 2019 in Venice next to canal Sant’ Elena. 1 The location is within walking distance to the Castello district, a 15-
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Warsaw, Poland – 4 December 2017 – For InterContinental Hotels Group it’s the 10th signing in Poland in 2017, with partners Ghelamco. Crowne Plaza Warsaw Hub will be the first Crowne Plaza in Poland and will be built alongside Holiday Inn Express Warsaw hub, becoming IHG’s first dual-branded complex
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Atlanta, Georgia – 15 November 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group is working with the U.S. leading online and mobile food-ordering company GrubHub, and the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations, OpenTable, to offer members a unique takeout and dining out point earning benefit for using either service via
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Atlanta – 21 October 2017 – IHG plans to bring together its two distinctive loyalty programs – IHG Rewards Club and Kimpton Karma Rewards. In early 2018, Kimpton Karma Rewards, the loyalty program of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, will become a part of IHG Rewards Club and offer all members one program with
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Atlanta – 18 October 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group signed three management contracts to introduce its luxury boutique hotel brand, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, to Asia. The first Kimpton properties in the region will be located in prime markets in Southeast Asia and Greater China, further solidifying Kimpton’s appeal to global
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Cologne, Germany – 18 October 2017 – InterContinental Hotels Group the 323-key Holiday Inn Express Cologne City Centre, the largest hotel of this brand in Europe. General manager is Sonja Homberg. The newly opened property boasts 323 rooms all featuring the next generation Holiday Inn Express design which balances home comforts
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Los Angeles – 10 October 2017 – IGH opened the 889-key InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel. As the tallest building west of Chicago, the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel forever elevates the Los Angeles skyline at 1,100 feet and 73 stories. General Manager is Jean-Jacques Reibel. The InterContinental hotel
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New York – 18 September 2017 – IHG revealed the name of its new high-quality midscale brand, 1, alongside a brand logo and renderings of the hotel exterior, public space and guest rooms. First introduced to owners at the IHG Americas Conference in June, avid hotels is franchise ready beginning today,
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London – 7 September 2017 – Kenneth Macpherson, currently IHG’s CEO of Greater China, will lead the new EMEAA region, which will be created by bringing together two of IHG’s current operating divisions: Europe; and Asia, Middle East & Africa. Taking over from Kenneth is Jolyon Bulley, who has been