InterContinental
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InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations.
InterContinental began in 1946 when Pan American Airlines decided that there was a lack of quality hotels in many of its destinations. The first hotel, the Hotel Grande, opened that year in Belem, Brazil. The company was purchased by Bass Hotels & Resorts of the United Kingdom (now InterContinental Hotels Group) in 1998.
Notable hotels
- InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Amstel Hotel)
- InterContinental Belgrade
- InterContinental Resort Berchtesgaden on the Obersalzberg above Berchtesgaden
- InterContinental Hotel, Berlin in Berlin, Germany
- InterContinental Hotel, Bucharest, the tallest building in Bucharest
- InterContinental Carlton Cannes in Cannes, France
- InterContinental Hong Kong
- InterContinental Hotel, Kabul
- InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco, on Nob Hill, San Francisco
- InterContinental Warsaw, the tallest 5-star hotel in Europe
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