Management Appointment

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
08 October 2007



8 October 2007


   InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announces new chief marketing officer


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) (Lon: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)) today
announces Tom Seddon as chief marketing officer, effective 1 November.


Seddon, 39, will join IHG's Executive Committee, reporting directly to chief
executive Andrew Cosslett.  He replaces Peter Gowers who was recently appointed
chief executive of IHG's Asia Pacific region.


Seddon joins from restaurant business SUBWAY (R) where he was chief executive of
the company's franchisee advertising fund trust, heading up worldwide sales and
marketing activity.


Prior to that, Seddon worked for IHG in the United States in a number of senior
roles including senior vice president, Americas brand performance from 2002-2004
and prior to that was responsible for the company's distribution channels and
global revenue management as senior vice president of strategic services.


He also headed up sales and marketing for the Holiday Inn brand family in the
Americas from 1997-2000.


Earlier in his career Seddon held senior positions at Mercer Management
Consulting and at Motorola Communications in the UK.



Andrew Cosslett, chief executive, said: "We are delighted to welcome Tom back to
IHG. He is well known and well respected throughout the industry. I am confident
his deep knowledge of our business together with the fresh perspective he will
have gained over the three years he has been away will serve him and the company
very well."


Seddon holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Master of Engineering in
Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath.


He is married with two children and will relocate with his family from
Connecticut in the USA to the UK to take up his new position.



Notes to Editors:


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG
(ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.  IHG owns,
manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800 hotels
and more than 563,000 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 33
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.



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For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations (Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson; Heather Ward): [phone]
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  High resolution images to accompany this announcement are available for the
media to download free of charge from www.vismedia.co.uk . This includes profile
                              shots of Tom Seddon.





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