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, ICH was sold in 1988 to Japanese based Saison Group. In 1998, Bass Brewery acquired ICH.
Bass was itself split in two, its brewing assets being sold to Interbrew whilst the remaining part of the company became Six Continents PLC, focusing on hotel, restaurant and beverages business. When the company split itself in two, IHG was created in 2003 and today retains the InterContinental brand as part of its hotel brand portfolio.
==Notable properties==
===Africa===
*InterContinental City Stars, Cairo, Egypt
*InterContinental Sandton Towers, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
*InterContinetal Asmara, Asmara, Eritrea
*InterContinental Mauritius, Balaclava, Mauritius
*InterContinental Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
*InterContinental Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
*InterContinental Luanda, Luanda, Angola
===Asia===
*David InterContinental Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
*The Lalit Hotel, Mumbai, India
*InterContinental Al Jubail, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
*InterContinental Al Khobar, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
*InterContinental Amman, Amman, Jordan
*InterContinental Aqaba, Aqaba, Jordan
*InterContinental Asiana Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
*InterContinental Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
*InterContinental Bethlehem (Jacir Palace), Bethlehem, West Bank 
*InterContinental Dalian, People's Republic of China
*InterContinental Dar Ul Tawhid Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
*InterContinental Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*InterContinental Grand Stanford, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
*InterContinental Manila, Makati, Philippines
*InterContinental Chengdu, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
*InterContinental Chongqing, Chongqing, People's Republic of China
*InterContinental Hanoi Westlake, Hanoi, Vietnam
*InterContinental Hong Kong, Hong Kong
*InterContinental Hotel Alpensia PyongChang Resort, Pyongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea
*Intercontinental Hotel, Doha, Qatar
*InterContinental Hotel The Grand, Mumbai, India
*InterContinental Hotel The Grand, Seoul, South Korea
*InterContinental Hotel The Grand, Yokohama, Japan
*InterContinental Jericho, Jericho, West Bank 
*InterContinental Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*InterContinental Le Vendôme, Beirut, Lebanon
*InterContinental Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
*InterContinental Marine Drive Mumbai, Mumbai, India
*InterContinental Mid-Plaza, Jakarta, Indonesia
*InterContinental Mudanjiang, Mudanjiang, People's Republic of China
*InterContinental Mzaar, Faraya, Lebanon
*InterContinental Nanjing, Nanjing, People's Republic of China 
*InterContinental Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon
*InterContinental Resort Bali, Jimbaran, Bali
*InterContinental Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
*InterContinental Singapore, Singapore
*InterContinental Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
*InterContinental Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan
===Central America===
* Real InterContinental Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
* Real InterContinental San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
* Real InterContinental Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
* Real InterContinental San Pedro Sula, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
* InterContinental Metrocentro Managua, Managua, Nicaragua
* Real InterContinental Hotel & Club Tower Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
* InterContinental Miramar Panama, Panama city, Panama
* InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort & Spa, Panama city, Panama
===Europe===
* InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* Athenaeum InterContinental, Athens, Greece
* InterContinental Budapest Hotel, Budapest, Hungary
* InterContinental Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
* InterContinental Berlin, Berlin, Germany (To be terminated)
* InterContinental Carlton Cannes, Cannes, France
* Le Grand Hotel Intercontinental, Paris, France
* InterContinental Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (To be terminated)
* InterContinental Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
* InterContinental Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
* Intercontinental Hamburg, Germany
* Ceylan InterContinental Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
* InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, London, United Kingdom
* InterContinental Malta, St. Julian's, Malta
* InterContinental Porto, Porto, Portugal
* InterContinental Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
* InterContinental Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
* InterContinental Kyiv Hotel, Kiev, Ukraine
* InterContinental at Aphrodite hills, Paphos, Cyprus
* InterContinental Vienna, Vienna, Austria
===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 Time Square, New York City, New York, United States
* InterContinental Chicago, Illinois, United States
* InterContinental Cleveland, Ohio, United States
* InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore, Maryland, United States
* InterContinental Dallas, Texas, 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 York Times Square, New York City, New York, 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
===South America===
* InterContinental Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* InterContinental Cali, Cali, Colombia
* InterContinental Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
* InterContinental Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
* InterContinental Valencia, Valencia, Venezuela
* InterContinental Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
* InterContinental Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* InterContinental Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
* InterContinental Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
===Oceania===
*InterContinental Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
*InterContinental Burswood, Perth, Australia
*InterContinental Melbourne the Rialto, Melbourne, Australia
*InterContinental Sydney, Sydney, Australia
*InterContinental Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
==Gallery==
File:AmstelHotelAmsterdam.jpg|Amsterdam
File:budhb_hotel_exterior.jpg|Budapest
File:InterContinental_City_Stars.jpg|Cairo
File:InterContinentalNewDelhi.jpg|Delhi
File:Hotel Intercontinental Frankfurt DSC 5287.jpg|Frankfurt am Main
File:View from Intercontinental hotel in Hanoi.jpg|Hanoi
File:HK InterContinental FrontView.JPG|Hong Kong
File:Hotel Intercontinental Miami 20100707.jpg|Miami
File:InterContinental Hotel, Singapore.JPG|Singapore
File:Hotel Intercontinental Vienna August 2006.jpg|Vienna
File:InterContinental Warszawa.JPG|Warsaw
File:The Willard Hotel.jpg|Washington, D.C.
File:InterContinental Hotel Yokohama.jpg|Yokohama
File:Burswood Resort.jpg|Perth
==References==
==External links==
*InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
*InterContinental Hotels Photos
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