10th Jul 2007 09:30
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC10 July 2007 STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announces senior management appointments 10 July 2007 - InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Lon: IHG; NYSE: IHG (ADRs))today announces two internal executive appointments - Peter Gowers as ChiefExecutive, Asia Pacific region and Kirk Kinsell as President, Europe Middle East& Africa (EMEA). Peter Gowers is currently Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and will remain on theexecutive committee of IHG. His new appointment will take effect 1 November2007. He succeeds Tony South, Acting Chief Executive for Asia Pacific, who willresume his responsibilities as Senior Vice President, Development & AssetManagement for the region at that time. Kirk Kinsell is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer forthe Americas region, and will join the executive committee on his appointment.His appointment is effective 1 September 2007 when he will succeed outgoingPresident and Board member Richard Hartman who formally retires from IHG at theend of September. Andrew Cosslett, CEO, InterContinental Hotels Group, said: "I am delighted to beable to make these two key appointments from within the company. This says agreat deal about the strength and depth of management we have at IHG. "Both Peter and Kirk have been hugely influential in the development of IHG,building our brands, developing stronger relationships with our owners anddriving up our rate of growth. "Peter has been responsible for raising the quality of our brand management,most clearly seen in the recent, highly successful evolution of theInterContinental brand. He has overseen the development of Priority Club Rewardsinto the industry's largest loyalty scheme with over 33 million members, andbuilt up the power of IHG's websites and reservation systems. "Kirk has been at the heart of the resurgence of our Americas region in recentyears. He has driven up our deal pace and taken the Americas hotel developmentpipeline to record levels. His extensive experience both inside and outside thehospitality industry, combined with his commercial acumen and drive for results,made him the right choice to take our EMEA business up to the next level." In his 20-year hospitality career Kinsell has held a variety of senior positionsin the hospitality industry including time with Holiday Inn Corporation and ITTSheraton. From 1998 he spent four years outside the industry in COO and CEOroles, before re-joining IHG in 2002 as Senior Vice President, development, theAmericas. Aged 52, Kinsell holds a B.A in Economics from the University of California, SanDiego and a Master of Professional Studies from the School of HotelAdministration at Cornell University. He is married with two children. Gowers started his career as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little,which included an Asia-based assignment in Singapore. He joined IHG - then Bass- in a strategic planning role in 1999 and was promoted to Executive VicePresident, Strategy for the hotels business in 2002. In 2003 he became Executive Vice President of Global Brand Services for IHG andwas promoted to Chief Marketing Officer in 2005. Aged 34, Peter is a graduate ofOxford University with a B.A in Jurisprudence (Law). He is married with twochildren. Appointments to the vacated internal posts will be made in due course. -ends- For further information, please contact: Investor RelationsPaul Edgecliffe-Johnson +44 (0) 1753 410 176Heather Ward +44 (0) 1753 410 176 Media AffairsLeslie McGibbon +44 (0) 1753 410 426Claire Williams +44 (0) 1753 410 275 Notes to Editors: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG(ADRs)) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns,manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,700 hotelsand more than 558,000 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 33million 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. 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