InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.
- 590,361 hotel rooms, 3,983 hotels
- Operating in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world
- Seven hotel brands – InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites
- Three business models – franchising, managing and owning hotels
- Listed on the London and New York stock exchanges.
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Our history
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC was formed by the separation of Six Continents PLC (previously Bass PLC) on 15 April 2003. The restaurant and pubs part of Six Continents became Mitchells & Butlers PLC.
However, IHG's brands trace their history back much further than 2003. Our Holiday Inn brand, one of the world's most recognised, was created in the 1950s by Kemmons Wilson in the US. InterContinental, another of our brands, was created by Pan Am in the 1940s, when hotels were built in many of Pan Am's destinations.
IHG today
We have moved from investing heavily in hotel properties to return to our roots as a hotel franchise and management company with only a few owned assets.
This change of focus has led to an industry-leading asset sale programme. Since 2003 we have sold £2.9 billion worth of property. Many of these hotels have remained under our brands with management or franchise contracts, thereby creating a future income stream for IHG.
Our focus
IHG’s focus is on growing faster by making our brands the first choice for both guests and hotel owners. We will do this by building the hotel industry’s strongest operating system, focused on the biggest markets and segments where scale really counts.
Last updated 07 May 2008