ATLANTA (November 13, 2009) - The Holiday Inn Martinsburg has received the
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] 2009 Torchbearer Award, the company's most prestigious award. IHG is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.
The Torchbearer Awards were presented during the 2009 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., November 11-13, 2009. Tom Belfield, General Manager of the Holiday Inn Martinsburg, represented the acceptance of the award.
The Holiday Inn Martinsburg is one of only 90 properties chosen from the IHG system of more than 4,300 hotels for achieving the highest levels of excellence in all aspects of operation -- from quality to customer satisfaction. A 2009 Torchbearer trophy, the company's symbol of excellence, will be on permanent display at the hotel.
"It is my pleasure to name the Holiday Inn Martinsburg as one of the finest hotels in our industry," said Jim Abrahamson, President, the Americas, IHG. "This hotel embodies the spirit, product and service that continue to make our properties known and admired throughout the world."
More than 2,000 franchise owners, operators and company officials attended the 2009 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [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 4,300 hotels and almost 630,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards, with 44 million members worldwide.
IHG has nearly 1,600 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 140,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.
IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards program at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at www.ihg.com/media
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