Director/PDMR Shareholding

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
17 March 2006

17 March 2006



                       INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC



   Notification of transactions of directors, persons discharging managerial
                      responsibility or connected persons


In respect of the conditional rights over InterContinental Hotels Group PLC 
("Company") ordinary shares awarded to a number of participants in the Company's
Short Term Deferred Incentive Plan ("STDIP") on 16 March 2005, the following
numbers of shares were transferred from the Company's Employee Share Ownership
Trust ("ESOT") to the following directors and other persons discharging
managerial responsibility on 16 March 2006:



Director                                                     Number of shares transferred

Richard Hartman                                              29,447
Stevan Porter                                                29,978
Richard Solomons                                             29,020

Other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility

Peter Gowers                                                 19,899
Patrick Imbardelli                                           20,941
Richard Winter                                               21,689



Under the terms of the Plan, the above participants were paid their annual
performance bonus in IHG PLC shares, deferred over a three year period.  The
shares are released in equal amounts on the first, second and third anniversary
of the award date, conditional on the individual's continued employment with the
Group until each release date.

The release of the above shares took place on the first anniversary of grant, in
accordance with the terms of the Plan.

Following the release of the shares to participants, the Employee Share
Ownership Trust will hold 2,280,531 IHG PLC shares. The following directors and
persons discharging managerial responsibility, who are among the potential
beneficiaries of the ESOT- Andrew Cosslett, Richard Hartman, Stevan Porter,
Richard Solomons, Tom Conophy, Peter Gowers, Patrick Imbardelli, Tracy Robbins
and Richard Winter- are technically deemed to be interested in those shares.

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Name of Contact for this RNS Announcement:


Catherine Engmann                                         Tel: [phone]
Company Secretariat
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC



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