Who owns Crowne Plaza?
Crowne Plaza is owned by IHG (the United Kingdom, LSE: IHG).[1]
Evidence: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- InterContinental Hotels Group PLC verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Windsor
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1983
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Upscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- LSE: IHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Crowne Plaza
Crowne Plaza began as the upmarket tier of Holiday Inn and was separated into its own brand in 1994. It is aimed at business travellers and meetings, which is a distinct market from either of the brands it sits between.
What IHG's annual report says about Crowne Plaza
Sentences about Crowne Plaza from IHG's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
There were also several key signings for Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts on the back of an exciting brand evolution for our largest premium brand.
How often IHG names Crowne Plaza in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Crowne Plaza
Where Crowne Plaza sits in IHG
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by IHG
IHG controls 15 brands on Brandtree, 15 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in upscale hotels, and who owns them
The 57 brands in upscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is H World, with 11.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom House | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Genting Grand | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Andaz | Hyatt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avani Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Ascend Collection | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahrain Airport Hotel | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Lavande | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Marriott Hotels | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: IHG
IHG is a publicly listed company headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 15 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: IHG.
IHG is British and owns hotel brands most travellers assume are American, including Holiday Inn. It was demerged from the brewer Bass, which had bought Holiday Inn in 1988, so a company that began by making beer now runs one of the largest hotel groups in the world.
🇺🇸 Crowne Plaza and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Crowne Plaza among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Crowne Plaza?
The parent company of Crowne Plaza is IHG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Crowne Plaza American or British?
Crowne Plaza originated in the United States in 1983, but it is owned today by IHG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Crowne Plaza is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Crowne Plaza still owned by IHG?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Crowne Plaza is still owned by IHG. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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