What is Ihg?
InterContinental Hotels Group is commonly known as IHG. It is a public Limited company that provides vast range of hospitality services worldwide through its business divisions. The company operates a network of around 4,600 hotels in more than 100 nations across the world under nine Hotel brands, among them few are, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites, InterContinental, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hualuxe and Hotel Indigo. It began its operations on 15 April 2003 and is headquartered in Denham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. IHG is one of the leading and largest hotel companies in the world. As of 2012, it had Revenue of £1,835 million. The company has a primary listing on the New York Stock and London Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol "IHG". It has over 679,000 rooms in its 4,600 hotels. The company operates its hotels in Three business ways like owning, managing and franchising. The company has taken franchising over 3,955 hotels, and on the other hand, 689 hotels are managed by the company. Only nine hotels are owned by it. IHG's InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been awarded with the title "the Best Business Hotel Chain Worldwide" and "the World's Leading Hotel Brand" in the year 2013.