Latin Trade Magazine's 'Best of Latin America' Issue Highlights Int

Latin Trade Magazine's 'Best of Latin America' Issue Highlights Intercontinental Hotels -IHG- Group Properties

    Business Editors/Travel Editors

    MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2005--

    Latin Trade Surveyed 110,000 of Its Readers to Find the Best
    Travel-Related Services and Accommodations in Latin America

    The readers of Latin Trade magazine, one of Latin America's largest and most respected pan-regional business magazines, selected five InterContinental Hotels in Latin America as the 'Best of Latin America' for the magazine's annual survey of 110,000 of its readers.
    The magazine's popular survey asks its readers about travel-related services and accommodations in the top business cities in the region, and InterContinental Hotels Group received recognition as one of the most acknowledged in the industry.
    "It is evident that our readers have a high regard for InterContinental Hotels Group properties in Latin America," says Mike Zellner, publisher of Latin Trade magazine. "It demonstrates that IHG continues to be one of the leading hotel companies in Latin America."
    "We are honored to receive such strong support from Latin Trade's readers," says Alvaro Diago, Area President of InterContinental Hotels Group Latin America. "Latin Trade is a highly respected publication, and I am delighted that five of our hotels earned the confidence from the region's frequent travelers. We continue to work to provide our guests with a wide-array of brands in Latin America and strive to provide the highest standard of hospitality for today's traveler."
    The following is a list of InterContinental Hotels Group Latin America properties that were highlighted as 'Best in Latin America' in the special issue:

--	Best Hotel in Guatemala City, Guatemala: Real InterContinental
--	Best Hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador: Real InterContinental
--	Best Hotels in Caracas, Venezuela: Tamanaco InterContinental
--	Best Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina: InterContinental
--	Best Hotels in Santiago, Chile: InterContinental

    InterContinental Hotels Group - whose brands include InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Select, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Sunspree and Staybridge Suites hotels - continues reinforcing its position as Latin America's leading hotel company through aggressive expansion and the evolution of services and amenities specifically focused on both intra-regional Latin America travelers, and travelers to Latin America. InterContinental Hotels Group has hotels in almost every key financial center throughout Central, South America and the Caribbean.

    Note to Editors:

    InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LSE:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs) is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 536,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with more than 23 million members worldwide. In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.
    InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at http://www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards program at http://www.priorityclub.com.
    For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press Office at http://www.ihgplc.com/media.

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