Intercontinental Hotels Group Scoops Five Top Titles At China Golden Pillow Awards

BEIJING (Monday, April 24, 2006) - InterContinental Hotels Group has received five top accolades across various categories at the prestigious China Golden Pillow Awards 2006. The awards, presented today to the Group's three key brands operating in China – InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts – are a clear reflection of the hotel brands' popularity amongst guests, industry observers and the local communities. They include:

· Best Mid-scale International Brand award for Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts

· Best Theme Hotel in China award for Crowne Plaza Shenzhen

· Top 10 Business Hotels in Bohai Delta award for InterContinental Financial Street Beijing

· Top 10 Resorts in China award for the Jiuzhai Paradise Resort, which will soon be relaunched as the InterContinental Resort Jiuzhai Paradise

· Top 10 Business Restaurants in China award for InterContinental Pudong Shanghai's concept all-day dining restaurant Level 1.

The China Golden Pillow Awards, launched in 2004 as the leading awards programme for China's hospitality industry, is organized by the 21st Century Business Herald newspaper and Business Class magazine. This year, the online awards nomination attracted the participation of some 300,000 frequent travellers from across China and the Asia Pacific region. Winners were then judged by a 40-member panel of travel industry experts and senior journalists.

Mr Edmond Ip, chief operating officer of InterContinental Hotels Group, North Asia said, "This is a really significant achievement for InterContinental Hotels Group, in one of our fastest growing markets worldwide. All of our three key hotel brands operating in China received top recognition in various categories and what's even more significant is that our soon-to-be-rebranded luxury resort in Jiuzhaigou is among the winners. This is clear evidence of our commitment in delivering the standards that our guests have come to expect of our hotels, and our success in securing development agreements with the most reputable partners in the business."

As China's top mid-scale international brand, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts is a name that is recognised internationally. The brand is backed by an impressive track record spanning more than five decades since the first Holiday Inn was launched in 1952 in the US. It is also the most established international hotel brand in China, opening its first hotel in Hong Kong in 1975 and in China in 1984. There are currently 30 Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts properties in operation across Greater China.

The world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, InterContinental Hotels Group is also the largest international hotel group in Greater China. Its current portfolio includes 52 hotels across four well known brands in nearly 30 cities across Greater China.

Note to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,600 hotels and 537,500 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, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards.Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for InterContinental Hotels Group worldwide. The Group's portfolio in this region includes more than 160 hotels and over 44,000 guest rooms under the InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, and Express by Holiday Inn® brands.

InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.

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Sharona Tao
Manager, Brand Public Relations & Communications, Greater China
Tel: +86 21 2893 3309
Fax: +86 21 2893 3399
E-mail: sharona.tao@ichotelsgroup.com

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