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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001654954-19-002064
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190228
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190228
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190228

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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10409
		FILM NUMBER:		19640971

	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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Annual Financial Report 2018</font></div>
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The Company announces that the following documents have today been
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Annual Report and Form 20-F 2018</font></div>
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In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1 a copy of each of these
documents has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the
National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for
inspection at&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm</font></font></div>
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC will also file the Annual Report
and Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2018 with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission today.</font></div>
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Documents referred to above are publicly available on the
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC website and the Annual Report
2018 can be found at:&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">https://www.ihgplc.com/investors/annual-report</font></font></div>
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Shareholders may request a hard copy of the Annual Report and Form
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The disclosures set out in the Appendices below are made in
compliance with Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule
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Report and Form 20-F 2018 (Annual Report) in full unedited text,
and the page number references refer to page numbers in the Annual
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conjunction with the Company's Preliminary Results announcement,
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&#xA0;Appendix A - Related Party Transactions</font></div>
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Related party disclosures are set out in&#xA0;note 31&#xA0;to the
Group Financial Statements, on page&#xA0;157 to 158 of the Annual
Report.&#xA0;</font></div>
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31. Related party disclosures</font></div>
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</td>
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2018</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
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2017</font></div>
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$m</font></div>
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2016</font></div>
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$m</font></div>
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Total compensation of key management personnel</font></div>
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Short-term employment benefits</font></div>
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18.2</font></div>
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21.3</font></div>
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19.2</font></div>
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Contributions to defined contribution pension plans</font></div>
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0.5</font></div>
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0.6</font></div>
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0.8</font></div>
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Equity compensation benefits</font></div>
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13.0</font></div>
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10.2</font></div>
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7.4</font></div>
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Termination benefits</font></div>
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-</font></div>
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1.9</font></div>
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-</font></div>
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31.7</font></div>
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34.0</font></div>
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27.4</font></div>
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</div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
There were no other transactions with key management personnel
during the years ended 31 December 2018, 2017 or 2016. Key
management personnel comprises the Board and Executive
Committee.</font></div>
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Related party disclosures for associates and joint ventures are as
follows:</font></div>
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</td>
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Associates</font></div>
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Joint Ventures</font></div>
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Total</font></div>
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</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2018</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2017</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2016</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2018</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2017</font></div>
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%; border-left: 1pt solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000">
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2016</font></div>
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2018</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 7%; border-left: 1pt solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000">
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2017</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
2016</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
$m</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Revenue from associates and joint ventures</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
9</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
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8</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
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5</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
1</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 7%; border-left: 1pt solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000">
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
1</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%; border-left: 1pt solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000">
<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
1</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
10</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
9</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
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6</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
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Loans to associates</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
-</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
-</font></div>
</td>
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<div style="text-align: right; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
9</font></div>
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In addition, loans both to and from the Barclay associate of $237m
(2017: $237m) are offset in accordance with the provisions of IAS
32 and presented net in the Group statement of financial position.
Interest payable and receivable under the loans is equivalent
(average interest rate of 2.7% in 2018 (2017: 2.0%)) and presented
net in the Group income statement.</font></div>
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Appendix B - Principal risks and uncertainties</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
principal risks and uncertainties relating to the Group are set out
on pages 26 to 30 of the Annual Report.&#xA0;&#xA0;The principal
risks and uncertainties are supported by a broader description of
risk factors set out on pages&#xA0;<font style="color: #000000">182</font>&#xA0;to&#xA0;<font style="color: #000000">186</font>&#xA0;of the Annual Report.</font></div>
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IHG's principal risks, uncertainties and review
process</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Our
risk profile remains dynamic - we continue&#xA0;to face inherent
uncertainties linked to&#xA0;a challenging external environment.
Our&#xA0;efficiency programme to realise savings for reinvestment,
organisational changes and focus on strategic initiatives have
also&#xA0;required us to evaluate and evolve our risk management
system&#xA0;to maintain an appropriate level of control within our
levels&#xA0;of&#xA0;risk tolerance.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Throughout
2018 the Risk and Assurance team has co-ordinated assessments of
the principal risks facing the&#xA0;Group, including those which
would threaten its business model, future performance, solvency or
liquidity and reputation. These risks are formally reviewed with
the Group's Directors on a bi-annual basis and&#xA0;considered in
more detail through the activities of the Board
and&#xA0;Committees. The review of our principal risks this year
again focused both on the internal and external risk environment.
We have&#xA0;included factors relating to third parties across many
of our risks, reflecting the increasing importance of&#xA0;our
relationships with partners to our growth ambitions. We have also
considered within our approach to financial planning, a separate
risk responding to an&#xA0;increasingly volatile macro-economic
environment (for example trade wars, environmental and
climate-related matters) which creates&#xA0;inherent uncertainties
to our performance and prospects.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
focus on executing our strategy at a faster pace emphasises
the&#xA0;importance of the steps we take to consider risk
explicitly as part&#xA0;of decision making. During 2018 this has
been supported by the&#xA0;continued development of IHG's risk
culture and governance processes, including review of the
delegation of authority, and communication of revised leadership
behaviours and performance management processes, which continue to
reflect the principles of&#xA0;our Code of Conduct. The
implementation of organisation and process changes creates inherent
risks of disruption to control routines and&#xA0;accountabilities,
and these have been actively considered by&#xA0;management
teams.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Frequent
senior leadership discussions throughout the year,
and&#xA0;our&#xA0;more structured strategic programme management
and&#xA0;financial planning processes, have also included regular
'pulse&#xA0;checks' of emerging risks requiring management
attention. These are considered both in the context of individual
initiatives, and&#xA0;at an aggregated level, as part of resilience
planning. The Risk and Assurance team provides support and
intelligence on emerging threats and will continue to provide
advice to&#xA0;management on procedures for risk identification and
mitigation and control.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Our
principal risks remain structurally similar&#xA0;to those reported
in previous years. We continue to highlight uncertainties relating
to our&#xA0;growth agenda and conclude that the potential impact of
Brexit on IHG is not likely to have a material impact on our
overall strategy or operations although, as with other external
factors, this is&#xA0;considered as part of routine operational
risk management and resilience planning. The impact of a potential
movement in the value of sterling is articulated in note 22 of the
Financial Statements, see&#xA0;page 145.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Group's asset-light business model, diverse brand portfolio and
wide geographical spread however contribute to IHG's resilience to
events that could affect specific segmental or geographical
areas.</font></div>
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Risk description</font></div>
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Initiatives to manage these risks</font></div>
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Inherent threats to cybersecurity and information governance
continue to present risk to our&#xA0;operations. Customer
and&#xA0;other forms of sensitive data remain valuable to
various&#xA0;threat 'actors' (including organised criminals and
nation states), and increasing societal, regulatory and media
scrutiny of privacy arrangements mean that the potential impact of
data loss to IHG financially, reputationally or operationally
remains a dynamic risk factor.</font></div>
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We continue to align efforts across multiple business teams to
manage the risk within tolerance, and appointed a dedicated Chief
Information Security Officer to facilitate this. We also monitor
and update our information security policies and practices to
respond to the risks we face, including those relating to evolving
privacy requirements, and our third-party hosted infrastructure,
systems and services. We have undertaken critical GDPR compliance
activity, and have a roadmap for other activities in 2019,
including policies, training and guidance. The nature of our
operating model means that significant amount of IHG's confidential
information assets are also held by or shared with third-party
suppliers and parties, and we review those risks as part of our
broader supply chain risk management arrangements.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
We continue to evolve our monitoring capabilities in relation to
our technology environment and our broader security culture,
business process security and physical security. An external risk
assessment was concluded in 2018, which focused on industry
specific issues, our current capabilities and recent progress. Our
information security programme is supported and reviewed by
internal and external assurance activities, including our Internal
Audit and SOX teams and PCI assessments. Regular management
reporting uses a scorecard aligned with the NIST cyber security
framework, and enables tracking of key risk indicators and planned
initiatives. Our information security specialists have also been an
integral part of our acquisition activities during
2018.</font></div>
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We also recognise the need for an appropriate response to
incidents, by developing our&#xA0;incident management capability
and working closely with our insurers to review the&#xA0;adequacy
of protection for our risks as our cybersecurity and technology
environment evolves.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Failure to deliver preferred brands and loyalty could impact our
competitive positioning, our growth ambitions and our reputation
with guests and owners. Competitor and intermediation activity
creates inherent risks and opportunities for the hospitality
industry and is relevant to the longer-term value of IHG's
franchised/managed proposition and our&#xA0;ability to deliver
returns to&#xA0;current and potential owners&#xA0;of&#xA0;our
various brands.</font></div>
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Our organisational changes in 2018 have brought focus to make IHG a
stronger business partner and ensure we have appropriate business
models deployed in each region to meet our owners'
needs.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
This includes targeted market strategies for franchising (where
scale is important) and globally-led initiatives to increase the
pace of openings/ramp up of hotel performance and tackle key pain
points and systems across the hotel lifecycle and improve owner
experience with IHG.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
The evolution of our marketing organisation, loyalty programme and
enhancements to&#xA0;our brand portfolio described on page 20 is
key to managing these risks and taking the opportunities for
growth. Our marketing leadership has evolved during the year
with&#xA0;increased capability in category, brand and customer
insights; and the formation of&#xA0;a shared services organisation
for guest experience.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Trading and performance of properties and brands (signings) are
reviewed as part of&#xA0;monthly business reviews. During 2018 this
included a proactive focus on licence expirations which will
continue into 2019.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Leadership and talent risk is inherent to all businesses and
failure to effectively attract, develop and retain talent in key
areas could impact our ability to achieve growth ambitions and
execute effectively. Risks relating to our&#xA0;people underpin
many of&#xA0;our objectives. Capacity, capability, motivation,
clarity of role, accountability for leadership, and behaviour
are&#xA0;all significant aspects of&#xA0;this risk.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Our approach to managing our people is outlined in detail on pages
22 to 25 and our annual business planning process includes a review
of workforce risks. IHG has the ability to manage the risk directly
in relation to IHG staff but relies on owners and third-party
suppliers to manage the risk in related activities.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
We consider workforce risks when designing business initiatives and
we prioritise delivery accordingly. Our Human Resources leaders
partner directly with other leadership teams across IHG, and have
supported and advised directly on our organisational changes during
2018 within transformation management meetings. Our&#xA0;Supply
Chain Risk Council also considers more indirect workforce risks
relating to&#xA0;our third-party relationships.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Performance management systems have been enhanced and a talent
acquisition programme focuses our attraction strategy, recruiting,
and employer brand management.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Several policies in our Code of Conduct (for example our Human
Rights Policy) relate to the management of our people, describing
our intolerance for inappropriate behaviours and appropriate
adherence to those helps manage our risk.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Whilst the hotel sector is not subject to stringent industry
specific regulations, the global business regulatory and
contractual environment (for example relating to data privacy,
human rights including modern slavery, labour laws and financial
crime) and societal expectations are continuously evolving and
failure to ensure legal, regulatory and ethical compliance would
impact IHG operationally and reputationally. Regulators are also
moving to impose significant fines for non-compliance.</font></div>
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Our dedicated ethics and compliance specialists define and oversee
IHG's global policy framework and Code of Conduct, (see page
22),and manage the compliance programmes for anti-bribery,
antitrust/competition law and sanctions. During 2018, there has
been focus to respond to the changing regulatory requirements
around privacy and data (including GDPR, China cybersecurity and
California privacy laws), and continuing compliance and contractual
responsibilities. We also continue to assess our broader role
in&#xA0;relation to, for example human rights and modern
slavery.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
The Ethics and Compliance team provides training to teams across
IHG and is informed&#xA0;of&#xA0;incidents that may involve a
potential breach of regulations to enable advice to be provided,
including on any reporting or notification requirements. The Code
of Conduct&#xA0;is&#xA0;increasingly requested from various
stakeholders seeking transparency and understanding of our
approach. It forms a key focal point for our risk management
activity.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
The Board receives regular reports on matters directly related to
our responsible business agenda, and there are also different
functions, (from corporate responsibility to&#xA0;procurement),
focused on supporting the business in relation to these matters.
Our&#xA0;Confidential Disclosure Channel allows confidential
reporting of ethical, social and&#xA0;environmental performance
issues (including those with regulatory implications).</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Failure to capitalise on innovation in booking technology and to
maintain and enhance the functionality and resilience of our
channel management and technology platforms (including those of
third-parties on which we rely directly or indirectly), and to
respond to changing guest and owner needs remains a dynamic risk
and opportunity to IHG's revenues and growth ambitions. This is
particularly important with the emergence of both evolutionary and
disruptive technologies and innovative uses of data to generate
value.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Several changes to our organisational structure were implemented in
2018 to support our ability to meet the evolving (and accelerating)
technological needs of owners and guests. This includes the
integration of a single commercial and technology organisation
incorporating our sales, channels, revenue management and
technology capabilities, allowing us to maximise revenue delivery
and bring new products and services to market faster. Our new
global marketing organisation will work closely with commercial and
technology in relation to our in-hotel guest
experiences.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
We have also implemented the IHG Concerto platform during 2018 (see
case study on page 21) and continue to seek opportunities to align
systems to improve consistency and manage inherent delivery risks
between IHG and our owners. Our Guest Reservation System (GRS) is
hosted by a third-party vendor, Amadeus, in the cloud and supported
by infrastructure which serves to decrease the likelihood of
downtime. Availability of GRS and other key systems continues to be
monitored on a 24/7 basis by the Network Operations Centre. Metrics
are reported to Commercial and Technology leadership
on&#xA0;a&#xA0;frequent basis.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Effective and appropriate leveraging of data which we have a right
to use is a key aspect of the interface between our marketing and
our commercial and technology activity. We take account of
regulatory and ethical factors as part of the decision making
processes in relation to marketing and technological initiatives.
We also rely on appropriate governance arrangements to mitigate
risks that the validity of data that we use is undermined by
cyber-attacks or operational failures. This risk is also impacted
by strategic and operational factors relating to the location and
structure of our assets - including use of third-parties and cloud
computing arrangements. Several policies which form part of our
Code of Conduct relate to this area of risk and adherence is
monitored appropriately.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
We have an established approach to System Development Lifecycle and
specific risks to delivery of the Global Reservations System have
been managed throughout the programme of implementation (including
those relating to technical delivery, business process testing and
operation readiness testing).</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
IHG's ongoing agenda to&#xA0;accelerate growth</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
and&#xA0;strategic initiatives give rise to&#xA0;inherent risks,
for example as we transition systems, operating models and
processes. The changes which have been made to IHG's extended
enterprise raises inherent risk levels from third parties - for
example before, during and after structural sourcing changes. These
risks can include short-term disruption, reputational damage and
longer-term breakdown of</font></div>
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a&#xA0;commercial relationship.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Our focus on accelerating growth has included structured review (by
senior management and the Board), of risks relating to offshoring
and outsourcing. We have formed a strategic sourcing and management
office to establish policies, support and advise on management
processes, and oversee governance arrangements for IHG's most
important suppliers.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
A new Supply Chain Risk Council also reviews risks and control
arrangements for IHG's direct supply base across both corporate
functions and hotel operations, for example where IHG has
agreements in place and/or interacts directly with suppliers,
including outsourced providers. Our legal teams review contracts
and provide advice on litigation, where required, and our insurance
programme also provides a degree of protection in the event of
supplier failure.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Inability to realise value from our programme and project delivery
(including reinvestment initiatives and culture and process
changes) may result in failure to improve commercial performance,
financial loss and undermining of stakeholder confidence. Following
the organisational adjustments during 2018, there is an inherent
risk that changes we have made could be unsustainable or that we
are unable to achieve the return envisaged through reinvestment of
the savings into growth initiatives.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Aspects of the risk relating to change have been managed explicitly
by a dedicated programme management team during 2018 and we have
implemented a framework for&#xA0;addressing risks within, and as a
result of, change initiatives across IHG.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Oversight teams, including our finance experts, have evolved
governance and control frameworks to support key transformation
programmes, for example in our commercial and technology
operations. We also regularly review delegated approval authorities
and processes to enable decisions on investments to be made quickly
and efficiently with consideration of the risks
involved.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Macro external factors&#xA0; such as political, economic,
environmental and societal could have a mass impact on&#xA0;our
ability to perform and&#xA0;grow.&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
While these factors are mostly outside our direct control, we track
uncertainties which may impact the hospitality industry and which
need to be considered in our strategic and financial planning.
These types of risks are addressed in strategy setting (including
the review of our corporate responsibility approach, see page 68).
They are also addressed in the annual business planning process and
in regional risk management activities and reporting. We are
increasingly using formal and informal scenario planning to
anticipate the potential impact of these risks. The Board receives
regular updates on these types of factors so that possible
implications for IHG can be considered.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Our in-house threat intelligence capability, supplemented by
third-party expertise and methodology, supports growth, hotel
operations and customer facing sales teams with planning and
response to macro factors, for example concerns relating to
terrorism or extreme weather events. Additionally, specific
elements of our risk management framework relate to these areas,
such as codes of conduct in relation to trade restrictions and the
environment.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Failure to maintain an effective safety and security system and to
respond appropriately in the event of disruption or incidents
affecting our operations more broadly could result in an adverse
impact to IHG, such as reputational and/or financial damage and
undermining stakeholder confidence. This risk relates both to our
direct operations but also in relation to outsourced activities and
others with whom we collaborate and trade.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
The environment in which IHG develops and operates hotels continues
to evolve and impacts the safety and security risks faced by IHG.
Although these risks are assessed as&#xA0;stable overall, our
established management approach is subject to continuous
review&#xA0;and improvement to minimise the risk of an incident
relating to IHG's management damaging the Group's
reputation.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
Our design and engineering, hotel opening and operations teams work
together with our risk management experts to evaluate standards and
develop capability to respond to&#xA0;an incident via training,
advanced intelligence tracking and standard operating procedures,
and also deploy crisis management procedures where required for
less&#xA0;predictable events.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
A material breakdown in financial management and control systems
would lead to increased public scrutiny, regulatory investigation
and litigation. This risk includes our&#xA0;ongoing (and stable)
operational risks relating to our&#xA0;financial management and
control&#xA0;systems, and also the continuing expectations of IHG's
management decision making and&#xA0;financial judgements, in
response to evolving accounting standards and our own business
model and transactions.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
We continue to operate an established set of processes across our
financial control systems, which is verified through testing
relating to our Sarbanes-Oxley compliance responsibilities. See
pages 50 and 125 to 129 for details of our approach to taxation,
page&#xA0;66 for details of our approach to internal financial
control, and pages 144 to 146 for specific details on financial
risk management policies. These processes and our financial
planning continue to evolve to reflect the changes in our
management structure and business targets.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#x25CF;
During 2018 we have established a centre of excellence for
financial planning and accounting to drive improved reporting,
accelerated decision making, process standardisation, automation
and talent alignment. Our Group insurance programmes are also
maintained to support financial stability.</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Appendix C - Going concern</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
The following statement is extracted in full from page 181 of the
Annual Report:</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Going concern</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
An overview of the business activities of IHG, including a review
of the key business risks that the Group faces, is given in the
Strategic Report on pages 2 to 51 and in the Group information on
pages 182 to 186. Information on the Group's treasury management
policies can be found in note 22 to the Group Financial Statements
on pages 144 to 146. In November 2018, the Group issued a
&#x20AC;500m bond which matures in May 2027.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
At the end of 2018, the Group was trading significantly within its
banking covenants and debt facilities.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
The Group's fee-based model and wide geographic spread mean that it
is well placed to manage through uncertain times, and our forecasts
and sensitivity projections, based on a range of
reasonably</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
possible changes in trading performance, show that the
Group&#xA0;should be able to operate within the level of its
current facilities.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation
that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue
in operational existence for the foreseeable future and,
accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in
preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Please see page 30
for the Directors' assessment of the viability of the
Group.</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
By order of the Board,</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
George Turner</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Company Secretary</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Registered in England and Wales, Company number
5134420</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
18 February 2019</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
&#xA0;Appendix D - Directors responsibility statement</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
The following statement is extracted in full from page 88 of the
Annual Report, and relates solely to the Group's Annual Report and
Form 20-F 2018 and is not connected to this announcement or the
Preliminary Results.</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Directors' Responsibility Statement</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
The Board confirms that to the best of its knowledge:</font></div>
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<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="color: #000000">&#x25CF;&#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0;</font>
<font style="color: #000000">The Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB and IFRS as
adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit and loss of the Group
taken as a whole; and</font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="color: #000000">&#x25CF;&#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0; &#xA0;</font>
<font style="color: #000000">The Annual Report, including the
Strategic Report, includes a fair review of the development and
performance of the business and the position of the Group taken as
a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that it faces.</font></font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
For and on behalf of the Board</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Keith Barr</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Chief Executive Officer 18 February 2019</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Chief Financial Officer 18 February 2019</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
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<font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Enquiries:</font></div>
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Investor Relations</font></div>
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Investor Relations (Heather Wood; Matthew Kay):
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IHG</font><font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF">&#xAE;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;(InterContinental
Hotels Group)</font><font style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;[LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)]
is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of hotel brands,
including&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">Regent
Hotels &amp; Resorts</font><font style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px">,&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">InterContinental</font><font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF">&#xAE;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;Hotels
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IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns more than 5,600 hotels and
approximately 837,000 guest rooms in more than 100 countries, with
almost 1,900 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also
manages&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">IHG</font><font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: top; text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF">&#xAE;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;Rewards
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC</font><font style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;is the Group's holding
company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in
England and Wales. More than 400,000 people work across IHG's
hotels and corporate offices globally.</font></font></div>
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