Board Appointment

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
22 November 2007


22 November 2007


                       InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

                               Board Appointment


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) today announces that Ms Ying Yeh has
been appointed an additional independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
She will join the IHG Board with effect from 1 December 2007.


Ying Yeh is Chairman and President, North Asia Region, General Manager for
External Affairs, Asia, and Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company. Ms Yeh is
also a Non-Executive Director of AB Volvo and of China Lucky Film Corporation,
China's largest media materials manufacturer.


Ying Yeh joined Eastman Kodak in 1997, and progressed through a number of
general management roles for Greater China and Asia, with a focus on government
affairs and public relations. Prior to joining Kodak, she had a distinguished
career as a diplomat serving with the US Foreign Service for 15 years as
Commercial Counsel in Guangzhou, Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong and, later, as
Minister Counsellor for Commercial Affairs in Beijing. In her early career Ms
Yeh was a consultant for multinational corporations in Washington DC and a radio
and TV journalist.


Commenting on her appointment, David Webster, IHG's Non-Executive Chairman, said
"I am delighted that Ying has agreed to join our Board. Her contribution to
multilateral commercial and trade relations over many years is widely recognised
and her in-depth knowledge of doing business in the Asia Pacific region will be
of great value to IHG. We very much look forward to welcoming her to the Board".


Ying Yeh will serve on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the IHG
Board.



Note



No information is required to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.13R (2) to (6) in
respect of this appointment.


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Notes to Editors:


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom ((LON:IHG, NYSE:
IHG (ADRs)) is one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms.  IHG
owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800
hotels and 571,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around
the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands
including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels &
Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge
Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(R), and also manages the
world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with over 37
million members worldwide.


The company pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response to
environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment
Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership
launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is
still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart
of IHG's global corporate responsibility focus.


IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at
www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at
www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press
Office at www.ihg.com/media.


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