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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001021231-03-000959.txt : 20031104
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001021231-03-000959
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031104
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031104

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS GROUP PLC /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858446
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOTELS & MOTELS [7011]
		IRS NUMBER:				250420260
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10409
		FILM NUMBER:		03974954

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 NORTH AUDLEY ST
		CITY:			LONDON WIY 1WE ENGLA
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			32822
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045513500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 NORTH AUDLEY ST
		STREET 2:		-
		CITY:			LONDON ENGLAND
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			W1K 6WN

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SIX CONTINENTS PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950531
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<font face="serif" size="4">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font>
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<font size="2" face="serif"><b>Washington DC 20549</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="5">FORM 6-K</font></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16 OF</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="serif"><b>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">For 4 November 2003</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b><font face="serif" size="5">InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</font></b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="serif"> (Registrant&#8217;s name)</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">20 North Audley Street<br>
London W1K 6WN, England<br>
(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p>
<hr align="center" width="150" size="2" noshade><p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="tickedbox.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="emptybox.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="tickedbox.gif"></font></p>

<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">If &#8220;Yes&#8221; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): <u>Not applicable</u></font></p>
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      <td><font size="2" face="serif">Exhibit Number</font></td>
      <td><font size="2" face="serif">Exhibit Description</font></td>
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      <td><a href="b727749ex99-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">99.1</font></a></td>
      <td><a href="b727749ex99-1.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">InterContinental
          Hotels Group PLC Board Change &#8211; release dated 31 October 2003.</font></a></td>
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      <td><a href="b727749ex99-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">99.2</font></a></td>
      <td><a href="b727749ex99-2.htm"><font size="2" face="serif">Notification
            of interests of Directors and Connected Persons &#8211; release dated
          3 November 2003.</font></a></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>  <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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<td width="45%" align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</b></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">(Registrant)</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ C.Springett </u></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Name:</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">C. SPRINGETT</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">HEAD OF SECRETARIAT</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Date: </font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">4 November 2003</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">31 October 2003</font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>InterContinental Hotels Group PLC<br>

Board Change</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Following press speculation, InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) announces today its intention to appoint David Webster, presently deputy chairman of IHG, as non-executive chairman to succeed Sir Ian Prosser.  This appointment will take effect from 1<sup>st</sup> January 2004, subject to the satisfactory resolution of the current situation at Safeway.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>For further information, please contact:</b></font></p>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Dee Cayhill / Kathryn Holland, </font><br><font size="2" face="serif">Corporate Affairs</font></td>
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<td width="47%" align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">01753 410423 / 01753 410425</font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">Fiona Antcliffe, Brunswick</font></td>
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<td align="right"><div align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">020 7404 5959</font></div></td>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Note to Editors</b><br>
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,300 hotels and 515,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world (www.ichotelsgroup.com). The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels &amp; Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels &amp; Resorts, Holiday Inn, Express by Holiday Inn and Staybridge Suites, and also has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and reservations capability on the Internet &#150; www.intercontinental.com for InterContinental Hotels &amp; Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels &amp; Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Express by Holiday Inn hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn hotels and, for the Group&#8217;s rewards programme, www.priorityclub.com</font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press Office at www.pressoffice.ihgplc.com.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons</b></font></p>
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<font size="2">Name of Company</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</b></font></td>
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<font size="2">Name of Director</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Sir Ian Maurice Gray Prosser</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">3.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest.</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">4.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Name of the registered holder</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Sir Ian Maurice Gray Prosser</b></font></td>
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<font size="2">Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)</font></font></td>
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  <td><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>N/A</b></font></td>
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<font size="2">Please state the nature of the transaction</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Automatic Dividend Reinvestment in Single Company PEP</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">7.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Number of shares/amount of stock involved</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>41</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">8.</font></td>
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<font size="2">% of issued Class</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Negligible</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">9.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Percentage of issued class</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>N/A</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">10.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Class of security</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Ordinary shares of &pound;1
    each</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">11.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Price per share</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>&pound;4.39</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">12.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Date of transaction</font></font></td>
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<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>1<sup>st</sup> July 2003</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">13.</font></td>
<td><font face="sans-serif">
<font size="2">Date company informed</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Notified by PEP provider on 31st October 2003 </b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">14.</font></td>
<td><font face="sans-serif">
<font size="2">Name of contact and telephone number for queries</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Catherine Springett, 01753 410 242</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">15.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Name of authorised company officer responsible for making this notification</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Catherine Springett, Head of Secretariat</b></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">16.</font></td>
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<font size="2">Date of  Notification</font></font></td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td align="left"><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>3<sup>rd</sup> November 2003</b></font></td>
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