On November 7, 2024, in Shanghai /PRNewswire/ -- From November 5 to 10, the seventh China International Import Expo was successfully held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), a leading global hotel group, attended the import expo for the seventh consecutive year, focusing on showcasing the design and experience of its quality and high-end hotel brands, as well as its rich brand portfolio. IHG aimed to convey confidence in supporting the high-quality development of the Chinese cultural and tourism market and its long-term commitment to China by saying, "In China, for China."

Mr. Daniel Aylmer, Chief Executive Officer of InterContinental Hotels Group Greater China, stated, "As a 'full attendance student' for 7 sessions of the Import Expo, we have witnessed the expo become an important platform for global cooperation and sharing of 'China opportunities,' demonstrating our rapid growth and deep commitment in the Chinese market through the expo. In the future, IHG will progress and grow together with the Chinese market, driving innovation to enhance productivity, supporting China's high-quality economic development, and becoming a trusted co-creator in the Chinese market. We will continue to uphold our corporate mission of 'being good and treating guests with sincerity,' collaborate with partners, and continuously deliver high-quality hotel projects to create unforgettable journeys for global guests."

Three major brands made their debut at the import expo, leading the new trend in the mid-to-high-end hotel market.

This year, Intercontinental Hotels Group set up an exclusive space resembling an artistic frame in the service trade exhibition area, vividly showcasing the characteristics and concepts of its three quality and high-end brands - Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn, and EVEN Hotels - providing the audience with an immersive experience. The booth presented Intercontinental Hotels Group's forward-looking exploration and localization achievements in China's mid-to-high-end hotel market, its rich and diverse brand matrix, and iconic hotels.

• Holiday Inn Express has closely followed market demands, continuously innovating its products with practical multifunctional designs and a youthful, proactive, energetic brand attitude. With extensive deployments across various market levels nationwide, it has gained the favor of a large number of travelers.
• Holiday Inn completed a comprehensive brand image renewal this year, creating a cozy, colorful holiday atmosphere with the brand's iconic green as the link, fostering genuine emotional connections with guests and building a trustworthy brand image.
• Yi Heng Hotel, with the concept of "carefree and unlocking a healthy state", provides the comfort needed for business travel relaxation, presenting diverse lifestyle scenarios such as sports and health preservation, its unique brand positioning is deeply loved by young travelers and owners.

In recent years, as the tourism industry transitions from market recovery to high-quality development, consumers' pursuit of high "value for money" in hotel products and deepening diversification of destinations has brought tremendous growth space to the mid-to-high-end hotel market. Intercontinental Hotels Group keenly perceives the changes in market and consumer demands, actively deploys, and meets the pursuit of Chinese consumers for a good living experience while traveling with its rich brand portfolio and continuously upgraded innovative hotel products.

For seven years participating in the exhibition, we adhere to the commitment of 'In China, For China'.

As the first national import-themed exhibition in China, the Import Expo has opened a open, inclusive, and diverse 'Chinese window' to the world. Intercontinental Hotels Group has been partnering with the Import Expo for seven consecutive years, showcasing the group's strategic layout in China, local strategic development, achievements over the years, actively seizing platform opportunities, absorbing the spillover effects of the Expo, collaborating with various partners, using new quality productivity to stimulate new dynamics in cultural and tourism development, and create a new chapter in the Chinese hotel industry.

Having entered China for 49 years, Intercontinental Hotels Group has introduced 12 brands to China, covering luxury boutique, high-end, and quality series, with over 1300 hotels opened and under construction, spanning more than 200 cities. In the future, the Intercontinental Hotels Group will continue to closely follow national and regional development strategies and tourism trends, deepen its presence in core cities, continue to expand into third to fifth-tier cities and niche destinations through the franchise model, meet travelers' accommodation needs with a diverse brand matrix and high-quality services, drive tourism consumption growth, and support China's high-quality economic development.

The Import Expo is a bridge of communication between the world and China, as well as a 'window' for China to view the world. As one of the earliest international hotel management groups to enter the Chinese market, Intercontinental Hotels Group is full of confidence in the Chinese market. By employing localization development strategies and diverse innovative services and products, they continue to invest in China and hope to establish connections with more corporate partners through the Import Expo, work together for high-quality development, create a new era, and share a new future.

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About InterContinental Hotels Group:

InterContinental Hotels Group [London Stock Exchange: IHG, New York Stock Exchange: IHG (ADRs)] is a leading global international hotel group, upholding the corporate mission of "doing good and treating guests with sincerity".

Intercontinental Hotels Group owns 19 brands and operates one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programs, the newly upgraded IHG Rewards Club. With over 6,500 hotels worldwide in more than 100 countries and regions, there are also over 2,200 hotels under construction.

InterContinental Hotels Group's brand family includes:

• Luxury Boutique: Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spas, Regent Hotels and Resorts, InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, Zoku Selected, Hotel Indigo.
• High-end: voco hotels, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites.
• Quality: Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, avid hotels, Staybridge Suites, Garner hotels.
• Long Stays: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites.
• Exclusive Partners: Iberostar Beachfront Resorts.

InterContinental Hotels Group Limited is the holding company of the Group, registered in England and Wales. The InterContinental Hotels Group has approximately 0.375 million employees worldwide working in hotels and group offices around the world.

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