Georges Abi Aad joins Crowne Plaza Beirut as Director of Sales & Marketing

Notes and media contacts

Six Continents Hotels currently manages nine Crowne Plaza hotels and resorts in the Middle East and Africa. The region's second Crowne Plaza resort opens at Abu Soma on Egypt's Red Sea Riviera early next year.

Six Continents™ Hotels, the hotel business of Six Continents PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:SXC, NYSE:SXC (ADRs)], owns, operates or franchises more than 3,200 hotels and 510,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. Six Continents Hotels was formerly known as Bass Hotels & Resorts. The following are some of the service marks owned by Six Continents Hotels, Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates: Holiday Inn®, Crowne Plaza®, Express by Holiday Inn™, Holiday Inn Select®, Holiday Inn Garden Court, Holiday Inn SunSpree® Resort, Staybridge Suites® by Holiday Inn® , Holidex®, Priority Club®,Inter-Continental®, Forum®, Parkroyal®, and Centra®.
Six Continents Club®, Six Continents™, 6 Continents™ and the 6C logo are service marks of Six Continents PLC and used under license.Six Continents Hotels, Inc. offers information and reservations capability on the Internet - www.sixcontinentshotels.com, www.interconti.com for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Express by Holiday Inn hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, and www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from Six Continents Hotels, visit our online Press Office at http://www.pressoffice.sixcontinentshotels.com/.

Tony Lewis / Hamish Phillips
Total Communications
PO Box 53009, Dubai, UAE
Tel: + (9714) 3314412 Fax: + (9714) 3314415