Nine new InterContinental Hotels and Resorts to open in 2006

This year, InterContinental Hotels Group is scheduled to open nine new InterContinental Hotels and Resorts in China, the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

Included among these new openings in 2006 are two new InterContinental hotels in Greater China – in Chongqing and Shenzhen – bringing the brand’s total distribution there to seven hotels. Additional highlights anticipated in 2006 include three resorts located in Spain, Egypt and Panama, increasing the brand’s total resort portfolio to 20; the first InterContinental hotel to open in the key gateway city of Boston; and the seventh InterContinental hotel to open in Egypt.

Looking beyond into 2007, the company expects to continue a steady pace of new openings that include several resorts in the Asia Pacific region as well as the new landmark InterContinental Dubai Festival City that will incorporate a convention centre and private residences.

In 2005, InterContinental opened seven hotels in primary commercial destinations such as Beijing and Düsseldorf; and in distinctive resort destinations such as Abu Soma in Egypt, Berchtesgaden in Germany and Pafos in Cyprus.

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