InterContinental The Grand, New Delhi, 2006.
InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations. InterContinental began in 1946 when Pan American Airways decided that there was a lack of quality hotels in many of its destinations. The first hotel, the Hotel Grande, opened that year in Belem, Brazil. The company was purchased by Bass Hotels & Resorts of the United Kingdom (now InterContinental Hotels Group) in 1998.
Notable hotels
- InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Amstel Hotel)
- InterContinental Bucharest, in Bucharest, Romania
- InterContinental Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- InterContinental Frankfurt, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- InterContinental Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- InterContinental Carlton Cannes, in Cannes, France
- InterContinental Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
- InterContinental Jeddah, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- InterContinental Hotel, Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Hotel Intercontinental Miami, in Miami, United States
- InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, on Nob Hill, San Francisco, United States
- InterContinental Wellington, in Wellington, New Zealand.
- InterContinental Warsaw, in Warsaw, Poland, the tallest 5-star hotel in Europe
- Willard InterContinental Washington, in Washington, D.C., United States. One of the oldest and most famous hotels in the capital.
- InterContinental Harbor Court Baltimore, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
- Ceylan InterContinental Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey.
- InterContinental Shanghai Pudong, in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
- InterContinental Kuwait, in Kuwait, this hotel is due to open in 2009 as one of the world's tallest hotels at 270 meters.
- InterContinental Dubai Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the 150th hotel in InterContinental Hotels and Resorts portfolio. It is also part of the largest IHG hotel complex with three hotels (InterContinental Dubai Festival City, Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City and InterContinental Residence Suites), regrouping a total of 1026 rooms, 14 bars and restaurants and 40,000 sq ft of meeting space.
