# INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC /NEW/

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## Overview

InterContinental Hotels Group plc (IHG) is a global hospitality company whose core business is franchising hotel brands and managing hotels, most of which are owned by third parties. Its portfolio spans luxury, lifestyle, premium, essentials and suites, including InterContinental, Six Senses, Regent, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express. IHG describes its purpose as “True Hospitality for Good.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148341419)[2](https://www.ihgplc.com/about-us/what-we-stand-for)

At the end of 2025, IHG’s system comprised 6,963 open hotels and more than one million rooms across over 100 countries. For the year ended 31 December 2025, reported total revenue was $5.189 billion; this includes System Fund and reimbursable revenue as well as revenue from reportable segments. [3](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2026/full-year-results-for-the-year-to-31-dec-2025)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014066)
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## Products & services

IHG’s hotel products span luxury, lifestyle, premium, essentials and suites, with named brands including Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental, Vignette Collection, Kimpton, Hotel Indigo, voco, Ruby, HUALUXE, Crowne Plaza, EVEN Hotels and Holiday Inn Express. Its current portfolio and brand descriptions are listed in the company’s official directory. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148341341)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148347095)[7](https://www.ihgplc.com/our-brands)

IHG One Rewards is the group’s loyalty programme: members earn points on eligible stays and through partners, and can redeem points for rewards. IHG reported more than 160 million members in 2025; member stays accounted for 66% of room nights consumed globally. The group also provides branded-residence licensing, with more than 30 projects across over 15 countries reported. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148341597)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17013810)

For hotel owners, IHG provides franchising and management services, including brand marketing, reservations, loyalty and technology systems. Franchise fees are generally based on a percentage of hotel room revenue; managed-hotel income includes base and incentive management fees. IHG reported that 83% of room revenue was booked through IHG-managed channels and sources. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148341419)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17013792)[11](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/annual-report/2025/ihg-ar25-interactive.pdf)
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## Geographic presence

At 31 December 2025, InterContinental Hotels Group operated a global estate of 6,963 hotels and 1,026,177 rooms. Its reported geographic segments were the Americas, EMEAA, and Greater China. FY2025 segment revenue was $1,129 million for the Americas, $811 million for EMEAA, and $165 million for Greater China. These amounts represent approximately 45.7%, 32.9%, and 6.7%, respectively, of the $2,468 million in reportable-segment revenue; the percentages are calculated from reported figures and exclude Central, System Fund and reimbursable revenue. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014086)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014066)

IHG reported more than 800 open hotels in China, with 882 open hotels in Greater China at year-end 2025; it also reported more than 50 open hotels in India and 100 open and pipeline hotels in Saudi Arabia. [13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148341333)[3](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2026/full-year-results-for-the-year-to-31-dec-2025) The company’s listed address is 1 Windsor Dials, Arthur Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1RS, UK, and it is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. [14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148355219)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148355220)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148356139)
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## Business segments

IHG’s latest full-year segment breakdown is for FY2025. It reports four segments by geography and central activities, rather than reporting financial results separately by hotel brand. Americas generated $1,129m, or approximately 46%, of reportable-segment revenue and $836m, or 66%, of reportable-segment operating profit. [11](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/annual-report/2025/ihg-ar25-interactive.pdf)

EMEAA—Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa—generated $811m (33%) of segment revenue and $303m (24%) of segment operating profit. Greater China generated $165m (7%) and $99m (8%), respectively. [11](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/annual-report/2025/ihg-ar25-interactive.pdf)

The Central segment generated $363m (15%) of segment revenue and $27m (2%) of segment operating profit. It is not a hotel geography; the company describes central revenue streams including technology fees, co-brand credit-card revenue and insurance activities. Percentages are approximate shares of FY2025 reportable-segment totals of $2,468m revenue and $1,265m operating profit, not shares of IHG’s total IFRS revenue or statutory operating profit. [11](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/annual-report/2025/ihg-ar25-interactive.pdf) [17](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/checks-in-on/2026/episode-12-transcript-ihg-checks-in-on-central-revenue.pdf) The segment measures exclude System Fund and reimbursable revenues. [11](https://www.ihgplc.com/~/media/Files/I/Ihg-Plc/investors/annual-report/2025/ihg-ar25-interactive.pdf)
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## Company history

IHG traces its corporate roots to William Bass’s brewery, founded in 1777, although its hotel business took shape later. The InterContinental brand was founded in 1946 and opened its first hotel in Belém, Brazil, in 1949; the first Holiday Inn opened in Memphis in 1952. [18](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/about-us/our-history) [19](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2021/from-roosevelt-to-rome-intercontinental-at-75) [20](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2024/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-holiday-inn-brand-from-fun-facts-to-pioneering-moments)

Bass acquired Holiday Inn International in 1988 and the rest of the Holiday Inn brand in 1990, then acquired InterContinental in 1998. In 2003, Six Continents separated its hotel business into InterContinental Hotels Group, and a subsequent restructuring made InterContinental Hotels Group PLC the holding company for the hotel group in 2005; the company also divested its soft-drinks interests that year. [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014655)

IHG expanded its luxury and boutique portfolio with the acquisition of Kimpton in 2015, a 51% stake in Regent in 2018, and Six Senses in 2019. It introduced Vignette Collection in 2021 and launched the Garner conversion brand in 2023. In 2025, IHG reported an investment to acquire the Ruby brand. [22](https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2015/completion-of-acquisition) [23](https://www.ihgplc.com/news-and-media/news-releases/2018/ihg-completes-acquisition-of-stake-in-regent-hotels-and-resorts) [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P148373843) [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014861) [21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17014655)
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