IHG Business Edge, IHG Hotels & Resorts’ program designed for small-to-medium enterprises (SME), has joined forces with Virgin Australia Business Flyer to create the industry’s first complimentary SME partnership enabling members to enjoy benefits of both programs when they book hotels and flights.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has made its debut in New Zealand’s largest city with the opening of InterContinental Auckland. Gracing the city’s waterfront at the halo address of One Queen Street, InterContinental Auckland anchors the NZ$1 billion dollar Commercial Bay lifestyle precinct, which houses the city’s latest upscale office, retail, social, and dining hub.

Leanne Harwood, hospitality industry veteran of nearly three decades and current SVP, Managing Director for IHG’s Japan, Australasia and Pacific (JAPAC) region, will relocate from Australia to the US, commencing in a new senior role based out of Atlanta.

IHG Hotels & Resorts will debut the first Vignette Collection hotel in Indonesia. Rumah Luwih Bali with its 74 rooms and suites will join the IHG system later this year, before fully converting to a Vignette Collection property in 2024 following an extensive refurbishment.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, the world’s first and largest international luxury hotel brand, is embarking on an exciting new chapter with the launch of an extensive global brand evolution.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has confirmed the opening of voco Ma Belle Danang – the first voco hotel in Vietnam and 50th opening globally.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is making a play at the luxury market in Nepal, inking a management contract to open four new hotels across two brands, and marking the debut of global brands, InterContinental and Hotel Indigo, in the market.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is expanding the Regent Hotels & Resorts brand in the Americas with an opening on the beachfront of Santa Monica, California. Poised to debut in late 2023, Regent Santa Monica Beach will raise its flag at the site of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

IHG Hotels & Resorts is elevating its luxury positioning in Pyeongtaek, Korea, confirming plans to up-gauge the previously flagged newbuild voco Pyeongtaek to the InterContinental Pyeongtaek.

InterContinental Sorrento Mornington Peninsula has made its debut on Victoria’s coastline after an extensive reimagination of the former Hotel Continental.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is set to return to Romania with the luxury hotel brand to take over management of the property currently trading as Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest.

InterContinental Sydney has confirmed a September 2022 debut for its extensive enhancements as part of its two-year, $110 million renovations.