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Crowne Plaza coming to Russia for the first time

The Russian Federation's first Crowne Plaza hotel is set to open in early 2007 after the outstanding agreements were signed at InterContinental Hotel Group's global headquarters in Windsor yesterday. Initial agreements were concluded with World Trade Centre Moscow in December last year.

The hotel, originally built in 1980 for the Olympics, will now undergo extensive renovation to bring it up to Crowne Plaza standards. It will offer both business and leisure guests superior facilities and an excellent guest experience synonymous with the Crowne Plaza brand.

The 572 room Crowne Plaza Moscow - World Trade Centre is situated in the heart of Moscow and is part of the World Trade Centre building. It will have extensive amenities on its doorstep including substantial meeting facilities, parking, as well as a shopping mall with restaurants and bars.

The amenities within the hotel will complement these and will feature five restaurants and three bars including a cocktail bar. There will also be a fitness centre complete with pool, sauna, steam and treatment rooms.

Andrew Cosslett, Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group commented: "This project represents a unique opportunity to establish the Crowne Plaza brand in the Russian capital. Russia is a strategic market for IHG; the strength of the Russian economy and increasing opportunities in this region have attracted hotel investors and operators, and raised the demand for international hotel brands such as Crowne Plaza."

IHG's Holiday Inn brand is already established in Moscow with three hotels in the city providing 767 rooms. This includes a 312 room Holiday Inn Moscow-Suschevsky hotel which opened at the beginning of March. With the addition of the Crowne Plaza Moscow - World Trade Centre and the 516 room Holiday Inn Moscow-Sokolniki opening in late 2006, IHG hotels will then deliver 35% of the total international branded rooms in Moscow.

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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 537,000 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, Crowne Plaza^® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn^® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express^®, Staybridge Suites^®, Candlewood Suites^® and Hotel Indigo^TM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club^® Rewards.

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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For further information please contact:
Emma Foster at InterContinental Hotels Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 410 247
or email: emma.foster@ichotelsgroup.com

Kate Prescott,
Communications Co-ordinator,
Europe Middle East & Africa InterContinental Hotels Group,
Tel: 01753 410259,
Email: kate.prescott@ichotelsgroup.com

© Press Release 2006