InterContinental Hotels Group to open Holiday Inn Abu Dhabi

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About Intercontinental Hotel Group

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, almost 3,600 hotels and 537,000 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® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards.

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.

About Al Qudra Real Estate
AQRE believes in developing real communities for real people and offers shrewd investors the opportunity for strategic development investments.

The company provides investors with a lifetime chance to invest now in the future of Abu Dhabi itself and play a role in the development of the UAE economy.

AQRE sells to real estate developers and investors. The organization provides investors with land and a full master plan for a community to be developed. AQRE sells to the investor developer and provides them with the strategy and tools needed to sell, or lease, to the end user in order to provide a solid return on initial investment. Plots of land are sold with pre approved permission and the right to develop that land. In depth research into the Abu Dhabi market has been conducted ensuring all future developments address the growing needs and desires of the community. Communities will be created focusing on residential, retail and commercial sectors in prime real estate locations.

As a subsidiary of Al Qudra Holding, Al Qudra Real Estate provides numerous advantages for investors: sound investment opportunities promising real deliverables, in the shortest of timeframes, a truly strategic partnership, and the chance to be at the forefront of the property investment and ownership trend in Abu Dhabi. These advantages will be inherent in all AQRE projects, and a wide array of investment options, financial facilities and payment procedures are designed to suit every investor's needs.

HMS: Hospitality Management Services Middle East Ltd. - HMS- is an integrated regionally based organization established for the purpose of sourcing, launching developing and operating leading global hospitality and real estate brands through out the Middle East.