Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels & Resorts retain top spots in Readers' Poll Awards

Holiday Inn voted Best Mid-Market Hotel Brand in the World and in Asia Pacific InterContinental voted Best Business Hotel Brand in the World and in Europe

Singapore, 12 September 2011 - Holiday Inn and InterContinental Hotels & Resorts have been named winners at the 2011 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Readers' Poll once again, as voted by the subscribers of the magazine.

Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts garnered two distinctions as Best Mid-Market Hotel Brand in the World and in Asia Pacific. It has earned these awards for the 11th consecutive year.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts took home the top hotel award for Best Business Hotel Brand in the World, its second straight win, as well as the title of Best Business Hotel Brand in Europe for the third year running.

David Anderson, Vice President of Brands, for Asia, Middle East & Africa and Global Resorts, shared, "Business Traveller is a leading magazine for the frequent traveller. We are honoured by the wins of Holiday Inn and InterContinental in its Readers' Poll awards, as they represent the views of those who are most important to us - our guests."

"For Holiday Inn, the awards come at the back of the successful completion of our global Holiday Inn relaunch programme, creating a more contemporary brand image and driving consistency in all 3,300 Holiday Inn hotels around the world. The brand's strength in the mid-scale hotel segment has only grown stronger since then", he said.

"For InterContinental, the brand continues to expand across key cities globally, bringing to more travellers our distinctive ‘In the Know' experiences. Our team of concierges worldwide help guests discover the local secrets of each city", he continued.

As the global mid-market leader with 60 years of brand heritage, Holiday Inn offers today's business and leisure travellers friendly service, modern facilities and quality amenities at excellent value. Among these are crisp beddings with a choice of soft and firm pillows, power showers, wired/wireless internet and more. In Asia Pacific, there are 134 hotels in the Holiday Inn family of brands, with 120 more in development within the pipeline.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has presence in more than 60 countries, with local knowledge that comes from over 60 years of experience. The first hotel brand to offer global destination specific concierge websites and videos, guests get to enjoy a richer travel experience by tapping into the collective local knowledge of our InterContinental Concierge Teams in more than 120 destinations.

There are currently 170 InterContinental Hotels & Resorts hotels in major global cities around the world. Some 59 more are in the pipeline, including 29 properties under development in Asia Pacific.

The 2011 Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Readers' Poll was conducted between April and June this year, where subscribers voted online or via poll forms sent out with the magazine. The independent awards are widely recognised as one of the leading accolades for business travel in the industry.

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Media Contact:
Tina DiCicco
IHG Asia Australasia
+65 6395 6142
[email protected]

Notes to Editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global company operating seven well-known hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® . IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty programme with almost 60 million members worldwide

IHG is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms and IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, a portfolio of over 4,400 hotels and more than 656,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world

IHG has more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline and expects to recruit around 160,000 people worldwide over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

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