Abu Dhabi UAE - 28 June 2016

IHG's Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island and Staybridge Suites Abu Dhabi Yas Island has appointed Fady Atwan as Area Director of Sales and Marketing.

Joining from the InterContinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi as the Director of Sales and Marketing, Fady brings with him 14 years of experience in hospitality. Fady started his hospitality career in finance and shifted to sales and marketing for the last 10 years.

Atwan's area role will focus on assisting and leading the Abu Dhabi properties, showcasing his extensive background in commercial sales and marketing.

"We are excited to have Fady join us as our new Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Abu Dhabi," said Rami Serhal, General Manager of Crowne Plaza and Staybridge Suites Yas Island, "Fady comes with a great commercial background that will definitely have a great impact on business for our Yas Island properties and the rest of IHG's Abu Dhabi hotel portfolio."

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About Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts
Crowne Plaza is an upscale brand in major urban centres, gateway cities and resort destinations offering business travellers high levels of comfort, service and amenities.

Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts is a dynamic hotel brand currently located in nearly 50 countries around the world.

Truly international, Crowne Plaza offers premium accommodation, designed for the discerning business and leisure traveller who appreciates simplified elegance combined with the practicality of the latest features, as well as value for money. At Crowne Plaza, guests can enjoy a 24-hour business service, wireless high speed internet access in the lobby plus state of the art gym and leisure facilities.

About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 4,200 hotels and more than 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 around 140,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at www.ihg.com/media

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