Who owns Holiday Inn?
Holiday Inn is owned by IHG (the United Kingdom, LSE: IHG), which has owned the brand since 15 April 2003.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Windsor
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Memphis, Tennessee
- Founded
- 1952
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Budget & midscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- LSE: IHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn was founded in 1952 by a builder frustrated by the inconsistency of American roadside motels, and its promise of a predictable room anywhere effectively created the modern hotel chain. It is now owned from Britain. Its founder named it after the Bing Crosby film, and the chain's original roadside sign, a large illuminated arrow, is now a museum piece.
What IHG's annual report says about Holiday Inn
Sentences about Holiday Inn from IHG's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
This includes elevating the quality and operation of existing brands, such as our Holiday Inn Brand Family, and meeting the evolving needs of guests and owners with the acquisition of Ruby and the development of Noted Collection , our new premium collection brand, which we recently launched to build on the successes of our other collection and conversion brands.
Among the many highlights were Holiday Inn being recognised by Time magazine as one of the World's Best Brands and voco hotels being voted World's Leading Premium Hotel Brand at the 2025 World Travel Awards.
We continued to invest in our established brands, with our Holiday Inn Brand Family generating 35% of openings and signings in 2025.
How often IHG names Holiday Inn 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Holiday Inn
Where Holiday Inn 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 budget & midscale hotels, and who owns them
The 39 brands in budget & midscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Elan Hotel | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Days Inn | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Comfort Inn | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 7 Days | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Fiesta Inn | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Courtyard by Marriott | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ibis | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| First World Hotel | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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.
🇺🇸 Holiday Inn 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, Holiday Inn among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Holiday Inn?
The parent company of Holiday Inn is IHG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Holiday Inn American or British?
Holiday Inn originated in the United States in 1952, but it is owned today by IHG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Holiday Inn is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Since when has IHG owned Holiday Inn?
IHG has owned Holiday Inn since 15 April 2003.
Is Holiday Inn still owned by IHG?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Holiday Inn 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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