IHG STRENGTHENS ASIA PACIFIC SALES AND MARKETING TEAM WITH APPOINTMENT OF GARY ROSEN, EVE WEATHERBURN AND KEN WONG

IHG STRENGTHENS ASIA PACIFIC SALES AND MARKETING TEAM WITH APPOINTMENT OF GARY ROSEN, EVE WEATHERBURN AND KEN WONG

September 27, 2007

Team additions to support IHG's increasing Asia Pacific
presence and robust hotel opening pipeline


    SINGAPORE, Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- IHG Asia
Pacific today announced the appointment of Gary Rosen as
senior vice president, sales and marketing, Eve Weatherburn
as director of brand management for InterContinental Hotels
& Resorts, and Ken Wong as regional director of sales
and marketing for Greater China. These additions to the
sales and marketing leadership team will further support
the continuing expansion of IHG's presence in the Asia
Pacific, one of the most important regions for the company
worldwide.

    Gary joins IHG from McDonald's Corporation, where he
most recently held the position of vice president, chief
marketing and corporate affairs officer for McDonald's
China. With over 20 years of sales and marketing experience
in the fast moving consumer goods sector, Gary was
instrumental in turning around McDonald's business, driving
brand leadership and delivering record sales and operating
income. Prior to his role in China, Gary was senior
director of global marketing for McDonald's Corporation. In
previous roles with companies such as Simon Marketing Inc.
and Walt Disney, he was responsible for driving brand
performance through innovative marketing plans and alliance
relationships. 

    In his new role at IHG, Gary will lead the company's
brands, marketing, sales and communications teams in Asia
Pacific to strengthen IHG's brands and drive hotel
performance.

    Eve commenced her new role as director of brand
management for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and
joins IHG with strong experience in hotel industry brand
strategy and management. Her most recent role was with
Australian-listed property company The GPT Group as
divisional marketing manager for its retail sector, with a
focus on brands and campaigns development. Prior to that,
Eve worked with Carlson Hotels Asia Pacific, where she was
responsible for both corporate and hotel branding across
the Asia Pacific region. In her new role, Eve is
responsible for enhancing the market position of
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, IHG's luxury hotel
brand, which has 147 hotels worldwide including 34 hotels
in the Asia Pacific region.

    Ken has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality
including 15 years in sales and marketing and seven years
in China. Prior to joining IHG, Ken was with Marriott
International as director of sales and marketing for the
company's Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Beijing. He
has also held previous appointments with Shangri-La and
Starwood, and has extensive sales and marketing training
and hotel pre-opening experience. Ken will employ the
group's sales and marketing resources to drive revenue and
increase hotel performance for IHG, the largest
international hotel management company in Greater China.

    Notes to Editors: 

    InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United
Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest
hotel group by number of rooms.  IHG owns, manages, leases
or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800
hotels and almost 564,000 guest rooms in nearly 100
countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a
portfolio of well recognised 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 Indigo(R), and also manages
the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority
Club(R) Rewards with over 33 million members worldwide.

    The company pioneered the travel industry's first
collaborative response to environmental issues as founder
of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative
(IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism
Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders
Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The
environment and local communities remain at the heart of
IHG's global corporate responsibility focus.

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


    For more information, please contact: 

     Sharona Tao	 			
     IHG Greater China			
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