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InterContinental hotels

Born of Pan Am's air routes, grand hotels pair global landmark addresses with local knowledge.

InterContinental brings a long tradition of international hospitality to landmark city hotels and destination resorts. Created in 1946 through Pan American Airways founder Juan Trippe’s vision of hotels at major air-route destinations, IHG’s flagship now ranges from historic palaces to modern towers, with local knowledge a recurring part of the welcome.

244 InterContinental hotels in 72 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (11 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

History

InterContinental grew alongside international air travel, beginning with Pan Am’s vision of hotels at important destinations. Latin American capitals gave the collection its early geography, followed by landmarks in cities such as Hong Kong and Sydney. Later resorts in Vietnam and Thailand broadened the experience as the brand approached its eightieth anniversary in 2026.

Timeline

The houses to know

  1. InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, Da Nang, Vietnam — This is one of InterContinental’s resort addresses in Danang.
  2. InterContinental Phuket Resort, Phuket, Thailand — Two MICHELIN Keys and a cosmological design blueprint
  3. InterContinental Lyon Hotel-Dieu, Lyon, France — Jacques-Germain Soufflot, later the architect of the Paris Panthéon, rebuilt Lyon's Grand Hôtel-Dieu on the Rhône between 1741 and 1761.
  4. Willard InterContinental Washington, Washington, D.C., United States — Henry Janeway Hardenbergh’s Beaux-Arts building carries the Willard’s long Washington history into the present stay.
  5. InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania — The hotel is in Bucharest, Romania.
  6. InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands — Amsterdam's oldest purpose-built grand hotel
  7. InterContinental Khao Yai Resort, Khao Yai, Thailand — The hotel is in Khao Yai, Thailand.
  8. InterContinental Osaka, Osaka, Japan — A decade of MICHELIN stars above Osaka Station
  9. InterContinental Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan — The hotel is in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  10. InterContinental Rome Ambasciatori Palace, Rome, Italy — The hotel is in Rome, Italy.

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Oman

Panama

Peru

Poland

Qatar

Romania

Singapore

Slovenia

Switzerland

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Zambia

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