22nd Nov 2007 10:45
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC22 November 2007 22 November 2007 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Board Appointment InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) today announces that Ms Ying Yeh hasbeen appointed an additional independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.She will join the IHG Board with effect from 1 December 2007. Ying Yeh is Chairman and President, North Asia Region, General Manager forExternal Affairs, Asia, and Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company. Ms Yeh isalso a Non-Executive Director of AB Volvo and of China Lucky Film Corporation,China's largest media materials manufacturer. Ying Yeh joined Eastman Kodak in 1997, and progressed through a number ofgeneral management roles for Greater China and Asia, with a focus on governmentaffairs and public relations. Prior to joining Kodak, she had a distinguishedcareer as a diplomat serving with the US Foreign Service for 15 years asCommercial Counsel in Guangzhou, Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong and, later, asMinister Counsellor for Commercial Affairs in Beijing. In her early career MsYeh was a consultant for multinational corporations in Washington DC and a radioand TV journalist. Commenting on her appointment, David Webster, IHG's Non-Executive Chairman, said"I am delighted that Ying has agreed to join our Board. Her contribution tomultilateral commercial and trade relations over many years is widely recognisedand her in-depth knowledge of doing business in the Asia Pacific region will beof great value to IHG. We very much look forward to welcoming her to the Board". Ying Yeh will serve on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the IHGBoard. Note No information is required to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.13R (2) to (6) inrespect of this appointment. For further information, please contact: Investor Relations +44 (0) 1753 410 176 (Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson, Heather Wood): Media Enquiries +44 (0) 1753 410 425 (Leslie McGibbon, Claire Williams): +44 (0) 7808 094 471 Notes to Editors: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom ((LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)) is one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms. IHGowns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800hotels and 571,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories aroundthe world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brandsincluding InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels &Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), StaybridgeSuites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(R), and also manages theworld's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with over 37million members worldwide. The company pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response toenvironmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and EnvironmentInitiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnershiplaunched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG isstill a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heartof IHG's global corporate responsibility focus. IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands atwww.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme atwww.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online PressOffice at www.ihg.com/media. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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