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InterContinental The Grand, Delhi, India

InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels, founded by Pan Am, 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 Belem, 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.^[1]

Notable hotels by continent

North America

• InterContinental Los Angeles, in Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States.
• InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, in Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
• InterContinental Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
• InterContinental The Barclay, in New York City, New York, United States.
• InterContinental Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
• InterContinental Cleveland, in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
• InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
• InterContinental Houston, in Houston, Texas, United States.
• InterContinental Miami, in Miami, United States.
• InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, on Nob Hill, San Francisco, United States.
• InterContinental Milwaukee, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
• InterContinental New Orleans, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
• Willard InterContinental Washington, in Washington, D.C., United States.
• InterContinental The Clement Monterey, in Monterey, California, United States.
• InterContinental San Francisco, in San Francisco, California, United States.
• InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, in Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States.
• InterContinental Toronto-Center, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• InterContinental Toronto-Yorkville, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• InterContinental Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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 Cali, in Cali, Colombia.
• InterContinental Medellín, in Medellín, Colombia.

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
• 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.

Asia

• David InterContinental Tel Aviv, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• The Lalit Hotel, in New Delhi, 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, Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan - which is not part of the InterContinental Group.
• InterContinental Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• InterContinental Aqaba, in Aqaba, Jordan.
• InterContinental Amman, in Amman, Jordan
• InterContinental Manila, in Makati, Philippines
• 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 Phoenicia Beirut Hotel, 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 Resort Bali, in Jimbaran, Bali
• InterContinental Tashkent, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• InterContinental Tokyo Bay, in Tokyo, Japan

Africa

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

Australasia

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

Gallery

Amsterdam	Budapest	Bucharest	Cairo
Delhi	Frankfurt am Main	Hong Kong	Singapore
Vienna	Warsaw	Washington	Yokohama
InterContinentalKievprofile.JPG Kiev

References

External links

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