IHG works with more than 2,000 hotel owners throughout the world. They are our business colleagues and one of our greatest strengths.Successful hotel development depends on matching owners with the right brands and markets. The IHG Global Development website provides the information owners need to learn more, make contact and get started.HistoryWilliam Bass sets up a brewery in Burton-on-Trent. The Bass business thrives兴旺, developing into one of the UK's leading brewers酿酒者.The Bass red triangle becomes the first trademark商标to be registered in the UK.Bass acquires购入a number of well-known regional brewing companies including Mitchells & Butlers in the Midlands (1961), before merging融入with Charringtons in London in 1967. These acquisitions兼并make Bass one of the largest brewers and pub酒馆owners in the UK.Bass makes its first significant象征international move into the hotel industry, buying Holiday Inns International.The Beer Orders legislation立法is passed. This limits the number of tied pubs that major brewers can own and signals a major industry restructuring调整.Bass reduces降低the number of pubs that it owns dramatically and focuses on larger outlets批发商点. At the same time, it directs cashflow现金流转into developing an international hotel business.Bass buys the North American Holiday Inn business and Holiday Inn grows internationally国际性地.Bass launches Holiday Inn Express快捷假日, a complementary brand in the limited service segment.Bass launches Crowne Plaza皇冠假日五星, a move into the upscale迎合高层次消费者hotel market.Bass's pubs酒吧business continues to grow. The business has also become increasingly branded. Bass opens the first O'Neill’s public house小旅馆in 1994 and acquires the restaurant chain Harvester in September 1995.The Harvester acquisition, the development of the All Bar One brand in 1994 and the acquisition of the Browns restaurant chain marks a significant commitment to the growing eating out外出就餐market in the UK.BrandsOur seven hotel brands include some of the best-known and most popular in the world. We've built up a portfolio that covers everything from luxurious upscale hotels in the world's major cities and resorts to reliable family-oriented hotels that offer great service and value.This diverse不同的portfolio means that we have the flexibility灵活性to respond to most types of hotel development opportunity. What's more, our hotel owners can choose the hotel brand that will work for them and maximise尽量增大the potential of a particular特别的site. And whether our guests are travelling for business or leisure安逸, for a honeymoon or a family holiday, we'll have a hotel that's right for them.InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is our most prestigious有名望的hotel brand, located in major cities in over 60 countries worldwide, offering business and leisure travellers the highest level of service and facilities.57,002 rooms, 168 hotels, 62 hotels in the pipeline在准备中Did you know?InterContinental is the world's first hotel brand to provide destination specific concierge门房websites and videos.A dynamic有活力的hotel brand located in nearly 60 countries around the world. Truly international, Crowne Plaza offers premium accommodation, designed for the discerning眼光敏锐的business and leisure traveller who appreciates simplified elegance高雅.103,678 rooms, 376 hotels, 125 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?Crowne Plaza Changi airport was ranked among the world’s best airport hotels by Forbes Traveler.A new innovative创新的brand designed for the style-conscious注重风格traveller looking for the individual approach and facilities of a boutique hotel精品饭店. Our hotels are located in urban, mid-town and suburban areas, close to businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues throughout America.4,264 rooms, 36 hotels, 57 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?Hotel Indigo hotels will be located in urban, mid-town and near-urban markets proximate to businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues.Holiday Inn offers today’s business and leisure travellers dep endability可靠性, friendly service, modern facilities and excellent value.You’ll find them throughout the world – in small towns and major cities, along quiet roadways and near bustling airports.240,025 rooms, 1,315 hotels, 308 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?100 million guest nights every year globally.A fresh, clean, uncomplicated hotel choice offering comfort, convenience and good value. Holiday Inn Express (or Express by Holiday Inn) is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in its segment.192,264 rooms, 2,101 hotels, 501 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?The complimentary Express Start breakfast bar, represented the most rapid food and beverage implementation in the hospitality industry. Available at more than 1,600 hotels in the US.Staybridge Suites is an all-suite hotel brand for extended-stay guests looking for a residential-style住宅式的hotel for business, relocation迁徙or leisure.20,323 rooms, 184 hotels, 110 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?In 2007 Staybridge Suites reached its 100th hotel opening faster than any other brand in the extended-stay segment.Candlewood Suites' high-quality accommodation caters to迎合mid-market business and leisure travellers looking for a multiple多样的night hotel stay.26,996 rooms, 273 hotels, 139 hotels in the pipelineDid you know?The first Candlewood Suites property was opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1996.Priority优先Club is the largest reward scheme in the hotel industry, offering our members a variety of privileges特权and rewards as well as unparalleled无比的levels of freedom and choice through our Any Hotel, Anywhere scheme.Did you know?We have 300,000 new members each month and have 52 million members worldwide (as at Interim Results 2010).What are our Winning Ways?IHG’s Winning Ways are how we behave every day – a set of behaviours based on our values that are helping us to become one of the very best companies in the world.They reflect the values that are important to us and were developed through research with our employees across the world into how they behave at work every day – and how they want the people they work with to behave.Our Winning Ways provide a strong sense of shared purpose, and are critical to driving our business performance forward, as well as making us a great, enjoyable place to work. They make us a high-performing organisation that helps deliver our company’s core purpose –‘Great Hotels Guests Love’.The heart of our company has always been our people. It is our people who bring our brands to life for our guests.We operate hotels in three different ways – as a franchisor授予特许者, a manager and on an owned and leased basis.Our business model focuses on managing and franchising hotels, whilst同时our business partners own the bricks and mortar房产. We have approximately 2,000 business partners – hotel owners – throughout the world.FranchisingThis is the largest part of our business: over 3,800 hotels operate under franchise agreements.ManagingWe manage 633 hotels worldwide.OwningWe own 15 hotels worldwide (less than 1% of our portfolio).。