洲际酒店集团英语介绍

IHG works with more than 2,000 hotel owners throughout the world. They are our business colleagues and one of our greatest strengths.

Successful hotel development depends on matching owners with the right brands and markets. The IHG Global Development website provides the information owners need to learn more, make contact and get started.

Developing hotels with us connects owners and their hotels to a host of resources worldwide. We have scale in the largest markets, our global portfolio投资组合has measurable performance and our brands outperform 胜过their market segments细分市场and categories类别. Our brands work hard for our owners, winning guest loyalty and building momentum动力. And our growth projections预测have never been higher: our hotel development pipeline传递途径outpaces超过all of our competitors, which leads to strong, enduring持久global distribution分布.

If you would like to learn more about the IHG opportunity, visit the IHG Global Development website. You can download brochures小册子, watch interviews with our leadership team and get acquainted with the award-winning备受赞誉的brands and global operating system that can put your hotel on the map.

History

William Bass sets up a brewery in Burton-on-Trent. The Bass business thrives兴旺, developing into one of the UK's leading brewers酿酒者.

The Bass red triangle becomes the first trademark商标to be registered in the UK.

Bass acquires购入a number of well-known regional brewing companies including Mitchells & Butlers in the Midlands (1961), before merging融入with Charringtons in London in 1967. These acquisitions兼并make Bass one of the largest brewers and pub酒馆owners in the UK.

Bass makes its first significant象征international move into the hotel industry, buying Holiday Inns International.

The Beer Orders legislation立法is passed. This limits the number of tied pubs that major brewers can own and signals a major industry restructuring调整.

Bass reduces降低the number of pubs that it owns dramatically and focuses on larger outlets批发商点. At the same time, it directs cashflow现金流转into developing an international hotel business.

Bass buys the North American Holiday Inn business and Holiday Inn grows internationally国际性地.

Bass launches Holiday Inn Express快捷假日, a complementary brand in the limited service segment.

Bass launches Crowne Plaza皇冠假日五星, a move into the upscale迎合高层次消费者hotel market.

Bass's pubs酒吧business continues to grow. The business has also become increasingly branded. Bass opens the first O'Neill’s public house小旅馆in 1994 and acquires the restaurant chain Harvester in September 1995.

The Harvester acquisition, the development of the All Bar One brand in 1994 and the acquisition of the Browns restaurant chain marks a significant commitment to the growing eating out外出就餐market in the UK.

Bass's attempt to acquire half of the Carlsberg-Tetley brewing business in the UK is blocked by the UK government.

Bass renews its focus on its hotels and pubs divisions分类. Over the next few years, it sells smaller, non-core非核心businesses such as Gala bingo and Coral bookmakers, along with some of its pubs, including the leased租用的pub business.

As the hotel business becomes more purely brand focused, Bass sells its North American midscale hotel buildings, but keeps control of the branding of the hotels through franchise经营权agreements.

Bass creates and launches a new hotel brand, Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn. It's an entry into the profitable赚钱的North American upscale extended stay market. Staybridge Suites becomes the fastest brand in this segment部分to reach 50 units单位in the Americas.

Bass acquires the InterContinental hotel company, adding an upper upscale brand to its hotel portfolio. It's an acquisition that brings considerable synergies合并效果and cost savings.

The group strengthens its pub division in the UK by cherry picking随意选取550 high-potential sites from Punch Taverns, who had acquired the 3,500 strong pub estate of Allied Domecq联合多美.

By acquiring Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation (SPHC) in Australia, Bass confirms its position as the leading hotel company in Asia Pacific.

It also acquires Bristol Hotels & Resorts Inc., a US-based hotel management company comprising包含112 hotels operating mainly under leases. This gives the group a stronger management contract presence in the world's largest hotel market.

The group sells Bass Brewers to a major Belgian比利时brewer for ￡2.3 billion十亿.

This marks the final step in refocusing再聚焦the group from a domestic家庭的brewing operation to a leading international hospitality retailer – a process that has taken over ten years to complete.

It also involves the sale of the Bass name and a change of name to Six Continents PLC – a name that better reflects the global spread of the group's businesses.

In February, Six Continents sells 988 smaller, unbranded pubs for ￡625 million.

In April, it acquires the European Posthouse chain of hotels for ￡810 million. The chain has hotels in strategic战略locations that are suitable for conversion转换to Holiday Inn, consolidating巩固the Holiday Inn brand in the UK and Europe.

The group buys the InterContinental Hong Kong for ￡241 million, strengthening its position in the upscale hotel market in the key Chinese and Asia Pacific markets.

On 1 October, Six Continents PLC announces the proposed被提议的separation of the group’s hotels and soft drinks businesses (to be called InterContinental Hotels Group PLC) from the retail零售business (to be called Mitchells & Butlers plc), and the return of ￡700 million of capital资本输入to shareholders.

This process is completed on 15 April 2003. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) is now a distinct, discrete离散的company, listed in the UK and the US stock markets.

In July, IHG sells 16 Staybridge Suites hotels to Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT) and enters into a

20-year management agreement.

In December, IHG adds the midscale extended-stay长期居住brand Candlewood Suites to its portfolio.

In April, IHG announces the introduction of a new brand, Hotel Indigo, focused on providing affordable实惠boutique精品屋accommodation住处.

In the same month, the group adopts new standards for selling or re-selling hotel rooms for guest stays through online travel companies.

Following the success of the extended-stay Staybridge Suites brand in North America, IHG launches Staybridge Suites UK in April 2005.

IHG announces the disposal清理of 100% of its holding in Britvic plc. IHG is now a company with a pure hotels focus.

IHG signs an operating joint venture合资企业with All Nippon Airways全日空(ANA). The resulting joint venture – IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan – will be the largest international hotel operator in Japan, the world’s second largest hotel market. The deal sees the introduction of three new brands created for Japan: ANA-InterContinental, ANA-Crowne Plaza and ANA-Holiday Inn.

IHG announces a worldwide relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand family, comprising包含Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express快捷. The relaunch programme will give Holiday Inn a refreshed and contemporary当代的brand image. All Holiday Inn hotels open or under development are expected to have implemented the relaunch programme by the end of 2010, with the first due to open in mid 2008 in the US.

Brands

Our seven hotel brands include some of the best-known and most popular in the world. We've built up a portfolio that covers everything from luxurious upscale hotels in the world's major cities and resorts to

reliable family-oriented hotels that offer great service and value.

This diverse不同的portfolio means that we have the flexibility灵活性to respond to most types of hotel development opportunity. What's more, our hotel owners can choose the hotel brand that will work for them and maximise尽量增大the potential of a particular特别的site. And whether our guests are travelling for business or leisure安逸, for a honeymoon or a family holiday, we'll have a hotel that's right for them.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is our most prestigious有名望的hotel brand, located in major cities in over 60 countries worldwide, offering business and leisure travellers the highest level of service and facilities.

57,002 rooms, 168 hotels, 62 hotels in the pipeline在准备中

Did you know?

InterContinental is the world's first hotel brand to provide destination specific concierge门房websites and videos.

A dynamic有活力的hotel brand located in nearly 60 countries around the world. Truly international, Crowne Plaza offers premium accommodation, designed for the discerning眼光敏锐的business and leisure traveller who appreciates simplified elegance高雅.

103,678 rooms, 376 hotels, 125 hotels in the pipeline

Did you know?

Crowne Plaza Changi airport was ranked among the world’s best airport hotels by Forbes Traveler.

A new innovative创新的brand designed for the style-conscious注重风格traveller looking for the individual approach and facilities of a boutique hotel精品饭店. Our hotels are located in urban, mid-town and suburban areas, close to businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues throughout America.

4,264 rooms, 36 hotels, 57 hotels in the pipeline

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Hotel Indigo hotels will be located in urban, mid-town and near-urban markets proximate to businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues.

Holiday Inn offers today’s business and leisure travellers dependability可靠性, friendly service, modern facilities and excellent value.You’ll find them throughout the world – in small towns and major cities, along quiet roadways and near bustling airports.

240,025 rooms, 1,315 hotels, 308 hotels in the pipeline

Did you know?

100 million guest nights every year globally.

A fresh, clean, uncomplicated hotel choice offering comfort, convenience and good value. Holiday Inn Express (or Express by Holiday Inn) is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in its segment.

192,264 rooms, 2,101 hotels, 501 hotels in the pipeline

Did you know?

The complimentary Express Start breakfast bar, represented the most rapid food and beverage implementation in the hospitality industry. Available at more than 1,600 hotels in the US.

Staybridge Suites is an all-suite hotel brand for extended-stay guests looking for a residential-style住宅式的hotel for business, relocation迁徙or leisure.

20,323 rooms, 184 hotels, 110 hotels in the pipeline

Did you know?

In 2007 Staybridge Suites reached its 100th hotel opening faster than any other brand in the extended-stay segment.

Candlewood Suites' high-quality accommodation caters to迎合mid-market business and leisure travellers looking for a multiple多样的night hotel stay.

26,996 rooms, 273 hotels, 139 hotels in the pipeline

Did you know?

The first Candlewood Suites property was opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1996.

Priority优先Club is the largest reward scheme in the hotel industry, offering our members a variety of privileges特权and rewards as well as unparalleled无比的levels of freedom and choice through our Any Hotel, Anywhere scheme.

Did you know?

We have 300,000 new members each month and have 52 million members worldwide (as at Interim Results 2010).

What are our Winning Ways?

IHG’s Winning Ways are how we behave every day – a set of behaviours based on our values that are helping us to become one of the very best companies in the world.

They reflect the values that are important to us and were developed through research with our employees across the world into how they behave at work every day – and how they want the people they work with to behave.

Our Winning Ways provide a strong sense of shared purpose, and are critical to driving our business performance forward, as well as making us a great, enjoyable place to work. They make us a high-performing organisation that helps deliver our company’s core purpose –‘Great Hotels Guests Love’.

The heart of our company has always been our people. It is our people who bring our brands to life for our guests.

We operate hotels in three different ways – as a franchisor授予特许者, a manager and on an owned and leased basis.

Our business model focuses on managing and franchising hotels, whilst同时our business partners own the bricks and mortar房产. We have approximately 2,000 business partners – hotel owners – throughout the world.

Franchising

This is the largest part of our business: over 3,800 hotels operate under franchise agreements. Managing

We manage 633 hotels worldwide.

Owning

We own 15 hotels worldwide (less than 1% of our portfolio).