Who owns InterContinental?
InterContinental 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
- 1946
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Luxury hotels
- Parent ticker
- LSE: IHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About InterContinental
InterContinental was founded by Pan American Airways to provide hotels in the cities its aircraft flew to, at a time when suitable accommodation did not exist in many of them. It is the group's luxury brand and gave the company its name.
What IHG's annual report says about InterContinental
Sentences about InterContinental from IHG's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Launching Doors Unlocked by InterContinental' a luxury programme across six InterContinental properties, offering curated insider experiences such as private Fashion Week events and VIP film screenings.
InterContinental added 38 openings and signings, including in Vietnam's Halong Bay and Brisbane, Australia, as it took its system size to 242.
Over a quarter of signings were in our Luxury & Lifestyle brands, including 13 InterContinental properties, four Regent hotels and two Six Senses properties.
How often IHG names InterContinental 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 InterContinental
Where InterContinental 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 luxury hotels, and who owns them
The 43 brands in luxury hotels on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Genting, with 4; IHG has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Crockfords | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Fairmont | Accor | 🇫🇷 France |
| Grand Fiesta Americana | Grupo Posadas | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| St. Regis | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anantara Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Song Hotels | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Conrad Hotels | Hilton | 🇺🇸 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.
🇺🇸 InterContinental 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, InterContinental among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of InterContinental?
The parent company of InterContinental is IHG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is InterContinental American or British?
InterContinental originated in the United States in 1946, but it is owned today by IHG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So InterContinental is an American-origin brand under British ownership.
Is InterContinental still owned by IHG?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, InterContinental 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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