Britvic Chairman Appointment

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
22 October 2004



22 October 2004





                           RICHARD SOLOMONS APPOINTED

                       CHAIRMAN OF BRITANNIA SOFT DRINKS



InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces that Richard Solomons,
finance director of IHG, has been appointed as chairman of its subsidiary
Britannia Soft Drinks Ltd, the holding company for Britvic Soft Drinks.



Richard Solomons takes up this non-executive appointment with immediate effect
and replaces Richard North who resigned as chairman of Britannia at the end of
September 2004.  He is already a non-executive board member of Britannia Soft
Drinks and previously worked at Britvic between 1996 and 1999, latterly as
finance director.





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(ADRs)) is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of
rooms.  InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises,
through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 538,000 guest rooms in
nearly 100 countries and territories around the world (www.ichotelsgroup.com).
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 IndigoTM.It also has a controlling
interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.



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