InterContinental

InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels, founded by Pan American World Airways, under Juan Trippe, and now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations.

History

InterContinental began in 1946 when the first hotel opened in Belém, Brazil. In 1981, holding company InterContinental Hotels Corporation was sold to UK-based company Grand Metropolitan. As GrandMet focused it core business, IHG was sold in 1988 to Japanese based Saison Group. In 1998, Bass plc acquired IHC.

Notable hotels by continent

North America

• InterContinental Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• InterContinental Los Angeles, Century City, California, United States
• InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, Missouri, United States
• InterContinental Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
• InterContinental The Barclay, New York City, New York, United States
• InterContinental Chicago, Illinois, United States
• nterContinental Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• InterContinental Houston, Texas, United States
• Hotel Intercontinental Miami, Florida, United States
• InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, Nob Hill, San Francisco, California, United States
• InterContinental San Francisco, California, United States
• InterContinental Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• InterContinental New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Willard InterContinental Washington, Washington, D.C., United States
• InterContinental The Clement Monterey, California, United States
• InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States
• InterContinental Presidente, Mexico City, Mexico
• InterContinental Toronto Centre, Ontario, Canada
• InterContinental Toronto-Yorkville, Ontario, Canada
• InterContinental Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• InterContinental Stephen F. Austin, Austin, Texas, United States

Central America

• Real InterContinental Guatemala , in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
• Real InterContinental San Salvador , in San Salvador, El Salvador.
• Real InterContinental Tegucigalpa , in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
• Real InterContinental San Pedro Sula , in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
• Real InterContinental Metrocentro Managua , in Managua, Nicaragua.
• Real InterContinental Hotel & Club Tower Costa Rica , in San José, Costa Rica.
• InterContinental Miramar Panama, in Panama city, Panama.
• InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort & Spa, in Panama city, Panama.

South America

• InterContinental Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• InterContinental Cali, in Cali, Colombia.
• InterContinental Medellín, in Medellín, Colombia.
• InterContinental Caracas, in Caracas, Venezuela.
• InterContinental Valencia, in Valencia, Venezuela.
• InterContinental Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
• InterContinental Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• InterContinental Santiago de Chile, in Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Europe

• InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• Athenaeum InterContinental, in Athens, Greece.
• InterContinental Budapest Hotel, in Budapest, Hungary.
• InterContinental Bucharest, in Bucharest, Romania.
• InterContinental Berlin, in Berlin, Germany.
• InterContinental Carlton Cannes, in Cannes, France.
• InterContinental Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• InterContinental Frankfurt, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• InterContinental Geneva, in Geneva, Switzerland
• Intercontinental Hamburg, Germany
• Ceylan InterContinental Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey.
• InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, in London, United Kingdom.
• InterContinental Praha, in Prague, Czech Republic.
• InterContinental Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland.
• InterContinental Kiev Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine.
• InterContinental at Aphrodite hills, in Paphos, Cyprus.
• InterContinental Vienna, in Vienna, Austria.

Asia

• David InterContinental Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• The Lalit Hotel, in Mumbai,^[2] India.
• InterContinental Hotel The Grand, in Mumbai, India.
• InterContinental Marine Drive Mumbai, in Mumbai, India.
• InterContinental Dar Ul Tawhid Makkah, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
• InterContinental Makkah, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
• InterContinental Al Jubail, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
• InterContinental Al Khobar, in Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
• InterContinental Bangkok, in Bangkok, Thailand
• InterContinental Hong Kong, in Hong Kong.
• InterContinental Hotel, Herat, Afghanistan - Opening Soon
• InterContinental Hotel, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan Opening Soon
• InterContinental Hotel, Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan -
• InterContinental Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Intercontinental Hotel, Doha, Qatar
• InterContinental Aqaba, in Aqaba, Jordan.
• InterContinental Amman, in Amman, Jordan
• InterContinental Manila, in Makati, Philippines
• InterContinental Chengdu, in Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
• InterContinental Chongqing, in Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
• InterContinental Nanjing, in Nanjing, People's Republic of China - opening 2010.
• InterContinental Phnom Penh, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• InterContinental Hotel The Grand, in Seoul, South Korea.
• InterContinental Hotel Alpensia PyongChang Resort, in Pyongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
• InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut Hotel, in Beirut, Lebanon.
• InterContinental Mzaar, in Faraya, Lebanon.
• InterContinental Le Vendôme, in Beirut, Lebanon.
• InterContinental Shanghai Pudong, in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
• InterContinental Singapore, in Singapore.
• InterContinental Jericho, in Jericho, West Bank.
• InterContinental Bethlehem (Jacir Palace), in Bethlehem, West Bank.
• InterContinental Hotel The Grand, in Yokohama, Japan.
• InterContinental Mid-Plaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia
• InterContinental Mudanjiang, in Mudanjiang, People's Republic of China - opening 2010
• InterContinental Resort Bali, in Jimbaran, Bali
• InterContinental Tashkent, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• InterContinental Tokyo Bay, in Tokyo, Japan.
• InterContinental Grand Seoul, in Seoul, South Korea.

Africa

• InterContinental City Stars, in Cairo, Egypt.
• InterContinental Sandton Towers, in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• InterContinetal Asmara, in Asmara, Eritrea
• InterContinental Mauritius, in Balaclava, Mauritius

Australia

• InterContinental Burswood, in Perth, Australia
• InterContinental Adelaide, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• InterContinental Melbourne the Rialto, in Melbourne, Australia
• InterContinental Sydney, in Sydney, Australia.
• InterContinental Wellington, in Wellington, New Zealand.

Source : wikipedia.org