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Xinhuanet Beijing 65438+1October 16 (Reporter Qian Chunxian) British Intercontinental Hotels Group and China Shimao Group recently signed a hotel management cooperation agreement to manage six hotels developed by Shimao Group in five cities in China. All hotels will open before 20 13.

The hotel group with the largest number of rooms in the world will join forces with leading real estate developers in China to add another 265,438+000 rooms to IHG. These six hotels are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Shaoxing and Mudanjiang. These six hotels will use three brands: Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts and Holiday Inn Resorts.

Gao Xu, CEO of IHG, said that since the Group 1984 entered the China market, IHG currently has 99 hotels in China. Xu Rongmao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shimao Group, said: "This is the largest cross-brand and cross-regional cooperation agreement we have signed with the same hotel management company so far. As the preferred partner, I believe that IHG can ensure the successful operation of these projects with its advanced international management experience and the leading edge of multi-brand portfolio. "

British Intercontinental Hotels Group is the most global hotel group in the world, with the largest number of rooms in the world. Intercontinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or manages more than 4,000 hotels with more than 590,000 rooms, covering more than 100 countries and regions in the world.

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