18 June 2008
Dubai - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed an exclusive agreement with the Trans Orient Group to develop the first Crowne Plaza in Qatar, located close to Doha Airport.
The signing of Crowne Plaza Doha Airport, involved key business leaders Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, owner of the Trans Orient Group, and John Bamsey, Chief Operating Officer, IHG, Middle East & Africa.
Speaking at the signing, John Bamsey said: "Today IHG has pushed further forward with development, highlighting our commitment to continued growth and expansion within the Middle East and Africa. IHG is delighted to have signed the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport agreement with Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and the Trans Orient Group. Doha is a strategic location and a great opportunity for Crowne Plaza, which offers business travellers high levels of comfort, service and amenities, ensuring a relaxing environment in which to work and rest."
To be centrally located within Doha's newest business park, which is currently under development and only two kilometres from Doha International Airport, the hotel has been designed with a focus on high-level individual service, comfort and business facilities. With easy access to the business park's major conference centre and office towers, the hotel will provide the perfect base for the discerning business traveller.
Incorporating 265 hotel rooms and 83 serviced apartments, the property will offer travellers a choice of accommodation to suit their length of stay. Featured in the design are three specialty restaurants, ideal for entertaining clients or unwinding after a long day. A fully-equipped business centre with state-of-the-art facilities will also form part of the hotels services, ensuring Crowne Plaza Doha Airport becomes a focal point for both guests and local companies to conduct business.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani said: "I am extremely happy to be working in partnership with IHG on the development of the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport. The Trans Orient Group already has a strong portfolio of companies within Qatar, including the development of the new business park at the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport site, incorporating six office buildings. The economy is growing significantly throughout the country and superior business hotels such as Crowne Plaza are required to service the needs of this booming market."
IHG currently operates one property in Qatar, InterContinental Doha, with a further hotel, InterContinental Doha West Bay, in the development pipeline.
Currently there are 13 Crowne Plaza Hotels and 3,538 rooms across the Middle East and Africa, with a further six properties and 2,216 rooms in the development pipeline.
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About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, almost 4,000 hotels and more than 590,000 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®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 37 million members worldwide.
IHG pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG's global corporate responsibility focus. We're the first major hotel group to have measured our environmental and carbon footprints and we're in the process of setting reduction targets.
With more than 1,600 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG needs to find around 150,000 people over the next few years to meet its global expansion plans.
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
For further press information please contact:
Impact Porter Novelli
PO Box 19791
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Anna Donnison
Consultant
Tel: 9714 3304030 Ext: 428
Fax: 9714 3304031
E-mail: a.donnison@ipn.ae
Dubai - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed an exclusive agreement with the Trans Orient Group to develop the first Crowne Plaza in Qatar, located close to Doha Airport.
The signing of Crowne Plaza Doha Airport, involved key business leaders Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, owner of the Trans Orient Group, and John Bamsey, Chief Operating Officer, IHG, Middle East & Africa.
Speaking at the signing, John Bamsey said: "Today IHG has pushed further forward with development, highlighting our commitment to continued growth and expansion within the Middle East and Africa. IHG is delighted to have signed the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport agreement with Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and the Trans Orient Group. Doha is a strategic location and a great opportunity for Crowne Plaza, which offers business travellers high levels of comfort, service and amenities, ensuring a relaxing environment in which to work and rest."
To be centrally located within Doha's newest business park, which is currently under development and only two kilometres from Doha International Airport, the hotel has been designed with a focus on high-level individual service, comfort and business facilities. With easy access to the business park's major conference centre and office towers, the hotel will provide the perfect base for the discerning business traveller.
Incorporating 265 hotel rooms and 83 serviced apartments, the property will offer travellers a choice of accommodation to suit their length of stay. Featured in the design are three specialty restaurants, ideal for entertaining clients or unwinding after a long day. A fully-equipped business centre with state-of-the-art facilities will also form part of the hotels services, ensuring Crowne Plaza Doha Airport becomes a focal point for both guests and local companies to conduct business.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani said: "I am extremely happy to be working in partnership with IHG on the development of the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport. The Trans Orient Group already has a strong portfolio of companies within Qatar, including the development of the new business park at the Crowne Plaza Doha Airport site, incorporating six office buildings. The economy is growing significantly throughout the country and superior business hotels such as Crowne Plaza are required to service the needs of this booming market."
IHG currently operates one property in Qatar, InterContinental Doha, with a further hotel, InterContinental Doha West Bay, in the development pipeline.
Currently there are 13 Crowne Plaza Hotels and 3,538 rooms across the Middle East and Africa, with a further six properties and 2,216 rooms in the development pipeline.
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About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, almost 4,000 hotels and more than 590,000 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®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 37 million members worldwide.
IHG pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG's global corporate responsibility focus. We're the first major hotel group to have measured our environmental and carbon footprints and we're in the process of setting reduction targets.
With more than 1,600 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG needs to find around 150,000 people over the next few years to meet its global expansion plans.
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
For further press information please contact:
Impact Porter Novelli
PO Box 19791
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Anna Donnison
Consultant
Tel: 9714 3304030 Ext: 428
Fax: 9714 3304031
E-mail: a.donnison@ipn.ae
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