Share Repurchase Programme

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
04 April 2008


04 April 2008


                       INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC

                           Share Repurchase Programme


InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ("IHG" or the "Company") announces that the
Company has entered into an irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement with
its broker, Merrill Lynch International, to repurchase on its behalf and within
certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in the Company for cancellation
during the period commencing on 7 April 2008 and ending on 6 May 2008. This
arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the Listing Rules and the
Company's general authority to repurchase shares.



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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 3,900 hotels
and more than 585,000 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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