M.M.Khanna,
Journalist,
INVC,
Chandigarh,
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [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, more than 4,600 hotels and over 620,000 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® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®, and also manages the world’s largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with 43 million members worldwide. IHG has nearly 1,700 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 140,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years. Inter Continental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.
