INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP

InterContinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels Group

A brief overview of the history of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

InterContinental Hotels is one of the brands of multinational hotel group IHG InterContinental Hotels Group which is currently the first world hotel group by number of rooms at InterContinental Hotels Group . The group has no less than 4,400 hotels worldwide with a total of 647,161 rooms (against 605 938 for InterContinental Hotels Group ). Its head office is located near London. The group has six brands: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza , Holiday Inn , Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo and Staybridge Suites. In 1946 opened the first InterContinental hotel in Brazil. InterContinental was created at the initiative of the company Pan American Airlines (who died in 1991) who considered that there was not enough luxury hotels in many of its destinations. The group has about 150 hotels InterContinental branded apparel in the world. This is primarily franchised hotel (Baldwin, 2005, p560).

A brief overview of structure of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) which should include owners, head office and international subsidiaries etc.

With more than 4,300 hotels in nearly 100 countries and a total of almost 630 000 rooms, the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel groups in the world. The portfolio of InterContinental Hotels Group brands, including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in the luxury segment, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts in the first-class segment, the hotel chain Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express, a new brand in the medium price range. The InterContinental is a chain of hotels luxury is part of InterContinental Hotels Group . In 2005 , 200 hotels in 75 countries include the InterContinental brand. It was in 1946 that will open the first InterContinental hotel, in Brazil . InterContinental was created at the initiative of Pan American Airlines, which considered that there was not enough luxury hotels in many of its destinations (Rynes, 2000, p. 729).

The Holiday Inn hotels provide with almost 1350 hotels (nearly 400 more are planned) and nearly 250,000 beds the largest share. The majority of these hotels is a franchise -led operation, that they are conducted independently, using the brand name and distribution system. For InterContinental Hotels Group also includes the British beverage company Britvic (e.g. produced tango). InterContinental Hotels Group maintains the world's first and largest loyalty program Priority Club. Priority Club consists of more than 44 million members who gather at the hotels of the InterContinental brand per stay 2000-3000 points - for stays in hotels of different brands of points depending on the amount of the total bill. Between 2001 and 2005 triggered a Priority Club members over 50 trillion points for the equivalent of 340 million U.S. dollars.In the modern, professional literature is widely used the term "tourism and hospitality industry, and although the hospitality is included in this term as an element, it should be noted that hospitality - it is more capacious and the general concept, since its objective is to meet the needs ...