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IHG (www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com), one of the world’s leading hotel companies with brands such as Holiday Inn, today announced it is creating nearly 3,000¹ new jobs across its 275 UK hotels over the next three years, including over 1,100² new jobs this year. IHG also announced the launch of its newest hospitality training Academy in London.

ATLANTA – (www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) IHG today announced the latest addition to the growing Holiday Inn Resort® portfolio with The Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort – Hilton Head Island. The property is a conversion from a Holiday Inn® hotel and will officially join the Holiday Inn Resort portfolio in March, after a $5 million renovation.

(www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) As InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today celebrated the InterContinental brand’s return to Russia with an opening ceremony at the InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, the company also signed a second InterContinental hotel in Russia.

(www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms, has signed a contract to open the first Holiday Inn in Bilbao.

Holiday Inn Bilbao will open in March 2012 following a fast track conversion from a Barcelo hotel. The 201 room hotel features over 1400m2 of meeting space and a large fitness gym. The hotel’s urban location is attractive to business and leisure travellers alike, conveniently located 500 metres from the old city and 1km from the new city centre.

(www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) Today InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Preliminary Results for the year to 31 December 2011

30 January 2012 – (www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) Today the first Hotel Indigo opens in Continental Europe. Hotel Indigo Berlin Centre Hardenbergstrasse is a boutique hotel from IHG, the world’s biggest hotel company, located in the heart of the German capital.

Its central location means it is just minutes from some of Berlin’s most famous attractions including the city’s most famous shopping street, Boulevard Kurfuerstendamm, Berlin Zoo and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Feb. 7, 2012 (www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) -- The Procaccianti Group , announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 365 guest room Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor. This acquisition brings TPG's current national hospitality portfolio to 61 hotels throughout 23 states representing nearly 17,000 guest rooms.

ATLANTA  – (www.hospitalitybusinessnews.com) Hotel Indigo, IHG’s (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] upscale boutique brand, today announces the February opening of the Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara. The hotel, located at 121 State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, offers guests a unique hotel experience with the modern design and intimate service associated with boutique hotels, along with the peace of mind and consistency guests expect from staying with a large hotel group.