Richard Hartman Retirement

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
25 September 2006

25th September 2006


     InterContinental Hotels Group Announces Retirement of Richard Hartman


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) today announces the forthcoming
retirement of Richard Hartman, President of the EMEA region.

Having stayed at IHG beyond his normal retirement age of 60 to assist with the
restructuring of the EMEA region, including the transition of over 100 owned or
leased hotels to management and franchise contracts, Richard has now decided to
retire and leave IHG next year in September 2007, at which point he will also
step down from IHG's Board of Directors. Richard's replacement will be announced
in due course.


For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations (Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson):

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Media Affairs (Leslie McGibbon):

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Note to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG
(ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.  InterContinental
Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries,
over 3,650 hotels and 540,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and
territories around the world. The Group 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 28 million members worldwide.


InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online reservations for all
its hotel brands at www.ichotelsgroup.com and information for the Priority Club
Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.

For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press
Office at www.ihgplc.com/media



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