10 March 2015
IHG® Translator App to Feature on Apple Watch
London, UK, Tuesday 10th March, 2015: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has today announced that the highly-rated IHG® Translator App, will be available for Apple Watch™, giving travellers access to on-demand translations, virtually anywhere in the world.
The app adopts the most popular features from its mobile predecessor, allowing users to ‘travel like a local’, whatever their choice of device. By speaking directly into the watch, or selecting from a range of pre-loaded common phrases, travellers will be able to translate from English into 13 different languages*, in real-time, meaning the app will cover the nine initial launch countries for Apple Watch™. Translations will appear instantly on the screen of the device in the chosen language, giving users the chance to read the word or phrase, with the help of phonetic spelling. Formal, casual and slang settings will also be available.
Michael Menis, Senior Vice President for Digital and Voice Channels at IHG, commented: “At IHG we know that for today’s consumer, technology is fundamental to driving superior experiences across the entire Guest Journey. We are committed to helping travellers make the most of their experience, wherever they are in the world, be it through a personal computer, mobile device or wearable technology. We’re excited to have a version of our IHG Translator App ready for Apple Watch.”
To coincide with the launch of Apple Watch™, IHG is making the IHG Translator App available to all users of the new device free of charge. The IHG Translator App for mobile remains available for download in both the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android.
*IHG® Translator Apple Watch App – available languages:
1. Castilian Spanish
2. French
3. German
4. Hebrew
5. Hindi
6. Italian
7. Japanese
8. Korean
9. Mandarin
10. Portuguese
11. Russian
12. Spanish
13. Thai
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For further information please contact:
Mark Debenham
[email protected]
+44 (0) 1895 512 097
+44 (0) 7527 424 046
About IHG®
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN™ Hotels, Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. In January 2015, IHG acquired Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, the world's leading boutique hotel business.
IHG manages IHG® Rewards Club, the world's first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 84 million members worldwide. The programme was relaunched in July 2013, offering enhanced benefits for members including free internet across all hotels, globally.
IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,800 hotels and more than 710,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries, with over 1,200 hotels in its development pipeline. Over 350,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices worldwide.
In January 2015 we completed the acquisition of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, adding 62 hotels (11,300 rooms) to our system size and 16 hotels to our development pipeline.
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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