InterContinental
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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.
[edit] Notable hotels
- InterContinental Hotel Montreal, in Montreal, Canada
- InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Amstel Hotel)
- InterContinental Aphrodite Hills Resort Hotel at Aphrodite Hills, Paphos, Cyprus
- InterContinental David,in Tel Aviv, Israel
- InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden on the Obersalzberg above Berchtesgaden
- InterContinental Hotel, Berlin, in Berlin, Germany
- InterContinental Hotel, Belgrade, in Belgrade, Serbia
- InterContinental Hotel, Bucharest, former tallest building in Bucharest, Romania
- InterContinental Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, United States
- InterContinental Carlton Cannes, in Cannes, France
- InterContinental Miramar, in Panama City, Panama. This is one of the tallest buildings in Panama City, being surpassed by Global Bank Tower of 177m in 2005.
- InterContinental Hotel, Frankfurt, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- InterContinental Hong Kong, in Hong Kong
- InterContinental Hotel 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 Phoenicia Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon
