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text: InterContinental to Sell 13 Hotels  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - InterContinental Hotels Group  Plc &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IHG.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;IHG.L&lt;/A&gt; said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to  Hospitality Properties Trust &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HPT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;HPT.N&lt;/A&gt; for \$450 million, as part  of its strategy to sell hotels it owns and focus on franchising  and managing instead.