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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001191638-09-000690
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090630
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090630

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:		09918317

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BROADWATER PARK
		STREET 2:		DENHAM
		CITY:			BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			UB9 5HJ
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4045513500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BROADWATER PARK
		STREET 2:		DENHAM
		CITY:			BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			UB9 5HJ

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SIX CONTINENTS PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950531
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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND
        15d-16 OF<br>
        THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For&nbsp;30 June 2009</font></p>

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        <b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</font></b><br>
        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">(Registrant's name)</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Broadwater Park, Denham, Buckinghamshire, UB9 5HJ, United
        Kingdom&nbsp;<br>
         (Address of principal executive offices)</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
        file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Form
        20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form 40-F</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        No</font></p>

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        to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable</font></p>

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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></p>

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                <td valign="bottom" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

                <td valign="bottom" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

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                    99.1</p>
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                <td valign="top">Regional Restructuring and Cost Saving Programme</td>

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        &nbsp;</p>

        <p><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'COURIER NEW'">Exhibit No:
        99.1&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p>&nbsp;</p>

        <p class="c2" align="center"><strong><font face="Arial">IHG ANNOUNCES&nbsp;REGIONAL
        RESTRUCTURING&nbsp;</font></strong></p>

        <p class="c2" align="center"><strong><font face="Arial">AND&nbsp;COST SAVING
        PROGRAMME&nbsp;</font></strong></p>

        <p class="c3"><strong><br>
        </strong></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial"><strong>June 30, 2009:</strong>&nbsp;InterContinental
        Hotels Group PLC ("IHG") [LON: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs)]
        announces&nbsp;a&nbsp;significant&nbsp;cost saving programme&nbsp;including
        the&nbsp;restructuring of&nbsp;IHG's Asia Pacific region.&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">IHG has experienced rapid growth in the Asia Pacific
        region in recent years, in particular in the Greater China region where IHG is the largest
        international hotel company, with 115 hotels open and 127 in the development
        pipeline.&nbsp;Consistent investment in its core operations has grown IHG's leadership
        position in the region.</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">The&nbsp;Asia Pacific&nbsp;organisation is now being
        restructured and streamlined while giving greater focus to individual parts of the region.
        IHG's operations in Greater China are now of sufficient scale that they will become a
        separate business unit under the leadership of Keith Barr, Regional Managing
        Director&nbsp;based in&nbsp;Shanghai, reporting directly to Andy Cosslett, IHG's Chief
        Executive.&nbsp;A second&nbsp;business&nbsp;unit comprising&nbsp;IHG's operations
        in&nbsp;Southern Asia,&nbsp;Japan,&nbsp;Korea&nbsp;and the
        Pacific</font><font face="Arial Narrow" color="#ff0000" size="5">&nbsp;</font>
        <font face="Arial">will be led by Jan Smits, Regional Managing Director&nbsp;based
        in&nbsp;Singapore. Mr. Smits&nbsp;will also report to Andy Cosslett.&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">As a result of the changes, Peter Gowers, currently Chief
        Executive Officer, Asia Pacific will leave the business on&nbsp;31&nbsp;July.</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">This change is part of a broader&nbsp;cost saving
        programme&nbsp;involving&nbsp;streamlining various parts of
        the&nbsp;global&nbsp;organisation,&nbsp;discretionary cost
        control,&nbsp;improved&nbsp;efficiency and effectiveness and making&nbsp;greater use of
        IHG's scale to&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;purchasing savings.&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">The&nbsp;programme&nbsp;will generate
        enduring&nbsp;cost&nbsp;savings, in addition to the initial $30m of 2009 cost savings
        identified in February 2009.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;details of the&nbsp;savings will
        be&nbsp;reported with&nbsp;IHG's interim results&nbsp;for the six months to 30 June
        2009&nbsp;on 11&nbsp;August, together with the&nbsp;one-off cost of implementing&nbsp;the
        programme.&nbsp;The&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;cost saving programme will be led by Richard
        Solomons, who assumes&nbsp;the role of&nbsp;Head of Commercial&nbsp;Development in addition
        to his duties as Chief Financial Officer.</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">Andrew Cosslett, Chief Executive, said: "We have grown
        rapidly over the last few years and worked hard to align the business.&nbsp;This allows us
        to accelerate the programme&nbsp;we have been&nbsp;working on to drive&nbsp;efficiency
        across the business.&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">"Asia&nbsp;remains&nbsp;a&nbsp;key&nbsp;long term growth
        driver for IHG.&nbsp;We have a strong infrastructure and a talented group of operators in
        the region. Today's restructuring will ensure we maintain our&nbsp;leadership
        position.&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c6"><font face="Arial">"Peter Gowers&nbsp;has made a
        significant&nbsp;contribution to IHG over the&nbsp;last 10 years&nbsp;across key parts of
        the business including brand development and the Asia Pacific region.&nbsp;We thank him
        and&nbsp;wish him the very best&nbsp;for the future."</font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font face="Arial"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c9"><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">For further information, please
        contact:</font></strong></p>

        <p class="c9">&nbsp;</p>

        <p class="c9">&nbsp;</p>

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                        Investor Relations (Heather Wood; Catherine Dolton):
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                        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +44 (0) 1895 512 176
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                        &nbsp;+44 (0) 1895 512 426
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                        &nbsp;+44 (0) 7808 094 471
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        <p>&nbsp;</p>

        <p>&nbsp;</p>

        <p>&nbsp;</p>

        <p class="c17"><font size="2">Notes to Editors:</font></p>

        <div style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
            1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Keith Barr was appointed Chief Operating Officer, Greater China in
            November 2008.&nbsp;Based in Shanghai, Keith oversees operations of IHG&rsquo;s
            managed, owned and franchised hotels in Greater China including Hong Kong SAR, Macau
            SAR and Taiwan. Keith was previously Chief Operating Officer, Australia, New Zealand
            and South Pacific for IHG, where he was awarded HM magazine Hotelier of the Year in
            2008.&nbsp;Keith joined IHG in early 2000 as Vice President of Sales and Revenue
            Management on the acquisition of Bristol Hotels and Resorts. He held the positions of
            Vice President of Operations for the Holiday Inn brand and all midscale brands in North
            America before his move to the Asia Pacific region.&nbsp;
        </div>

        <div style="BACKGROUND: white">
            &nbsp;
        </div>

        <div style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
            2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Prior to his appointment as Regional Managing Director South Asia
            Pacific, Japan and Korea, Jan Smits was Chief Operating Officer, Southern Asia and
            Korea. Jan has more than 20 years of industry experience including several regional
            roles across various countries including India, Australia and Papua New
            Guinea.&nbsp;Before joining IHG in 2002, Jan was Area General Manager with Southern
            Pacific Hotels Corporation where he started his career in 1981.
        </div>

        <div style="BACKGROUND: white">
            &nbsp;
        </div>

        <div style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
            3)&nbsp;&nbsp; InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the
            world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.&nbsp;IHG owns, manages, leases or
            franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 4,200 hotels and more than 620,000 guest
            rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.&nbsp;The Group owns a
            portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including
            InterContinental<sup>&reg;</sup> Hotels &amp; Resorts, Hotel Indigo<sup>&reg;</sup>,
            Crowne Plaza<sup>&reg;</sup> Hotels &amp; Resorts, Holiday Inn<sup>&reg;</sup> Hotels
            and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express<sup>&reg;</sup>, Staybridge Suites<sup>&reg;</sup> and
            Candlewood Suites<sup>&reg;</sup>, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty
            programme, Priority Club<sup>&reg;</sup> Rewards with 43 million members worldwide.
        </div>

        <p class="c3"><br>
        </p>

        <p class="c21"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">IHG has nearly 1,700 hotels in its
        development pipeline, which will create&nbsp;140,000 jobs worldwide over the next few
        years.</font></font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font size="2"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c21"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the
        Group's holding company and is incorporated in&nbsp;Great Britain&nbsp;and registered
        in&nbsp;England&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wales.</font></font></p>

        <p class="c3"><font size="2"><br>
        </font></p>

        <p class="c21"><font face="Arial" size="2">IHG offers information and online reservations
        for all its hotel brands at&nbsp;</font>
        <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">www.ihg.com</font>
        <font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme
        at&nbsp;</font>
        <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">
        www.priorityclub.com</font><font face="Arial" size="2">. For the latest news from IHG,
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        <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
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        undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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                    <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'SERIF'">30 June 2009</font></p>
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