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  Press Release: 26 May 2005  

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  Manchester Hotel Wins Top Award  
             
 

Chosen from over 600 top hotels across Europe, Middle East & Africa, the Express by Holiday Inn, Manchester East has been rewarded as an outstanding performer, winning an award for Quality Excellence.

This prestigious award is given to the best hotels within InterContinental Hotels Group portfolio. All of the group's four hotel brands - InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Express by Holiday Inn - battle it out annually to win the accolade.

Manchester East hotel manager Jonathan Smith said: "We are delighted to have won this award and be honoured from so many hotels. I am very proud of all our employees.

This has been an excellent team effort and one that we will strive to win again next year!" Representatives from the Express by Holiday Inn Manchester East will attend a special awards ceremony at the InterContinental Le Grand in Paris in July.

Express by Holiday Inn, Manchester East, Debdale Park, Hyde Road, Manchester, M18 7LJ Tel: 0870 720 1186
   
 

Note to Editors: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of rooms.

InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,500 hotels and 534,000 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, with more than 24 million members worldwide.

In addition to this, InterContinental Hotels Group has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK. 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.

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