Hotel earns top "Popular Among Families" Accolade

Abu Dhabi UAE - 10 March 2014

The Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island Hotel was presented with the HolidayCheck Top Hotel Award for "Popular Among Families" recently during the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) held in Berlin, Germany.

The hotel earned this prestigious award as a result of achieving top ratings within its category, a recommendation score of 96%, and a score of 5.2 on the website's "sunshine scale".  Only 600 hotels worldwide were recognized as award winners, and only 17 hotels were awarded in the UAE region.

"Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island is pleased to receive the Holiday Check Top Hotel Award," said Mr Sayed Tayoun, Area Director of Sales and Marketing for IHG Hotels- Abu Dhabi. "We strive to offer our customers a memorable experience, and this accolade is evidence that our hard work is translating into unique experiences and great reviews for Holiday Check travelers."

 HolidayCheck is a leading, independent online portal for hotel reviews including an online travel agency, and offers a highly-specialised internet site for hotels and travel information worldwide. Every user can have the chance to discover facts about their destination and chosen hotel that they would not otherwise have found in a catalogue. HolidayCheck.com is Germany's leading travel information website.

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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 IHG Rewards programme at www.IHGrewards.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at www.ihg.com/media

Liz Beneski
Director of PR and Marketing
Liz.beneski@ihg.com
P.O.BOX
 41880
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 2 6563161
Fax: +971 2 6563001

Nancy Jarjour
PR Executiv
Nancy.jarjour@ihg.com
P.O.BOX
 41880
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 2 6563166
Fax: +971 2 6563001

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