http://www.ihgplc.com InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) is the world's most global hotel company and the largest by number of rooms. IHG publishes financial information, including quarterly results and investor presentations, on its corporate website www.ihgplc.com. en-uk ℗ & © 2007 InerContinental Hotels Group plc Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the-group.net customScript mailservices.ihgplc@the-group.net mailservices.ihgplc@the-group.net http://www.ihgplc.com/images/logos/logo_rss.jpg http://www.ihgplc.com InterContinental Hotels Group logo Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial 2007 was a year of excellent progress for IHG. The company recorded strong growth in an expanding industry, opening and signing a record number of hotels and increasing revenue per available room (RevPAR) faster than the market in all major sectors. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/01_Opening.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial IHG's financial performance has been strong in 2007. Continuing operating profit before exceptional items was at 19 per cent – from £200m to £237m – and up 30 per cent at constant exchange rates. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/02_Strong_Trading.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial The number of hotels operating under IHG brands grew at a record pace. IHG opened 366 hotels in 2007, one a day on average. Accounting for the removal of 150 hotels during the year, the number of rooms in the system increased by over five per cent. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/03_Accelerating_growth.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Over the last two years, IHG has conducted extensive hotel research studies across the globe and is now applying the insights from this work to refresh and renew its hotel brands. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/04_Improving_brand_perfor.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Richard Hartman retired from the board in September 2007. In December 2007, Ying Yeh was appointed as a Non-Executive Director. Her in-depth knowledge of the Asia Pacific region will be of great value to IHG. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/05_Board_Exec.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial During the year, IHG returned £790m to shareholders by way of a £709m special dividend and £81m of share buy backs. This takes the total fund returned to shareholders since March 2004 to £3.5 billion. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/06_Shareholder_returns.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial The board is recommending a 12 per cent increase to the final dividend for 2007, taking it to 14.9p per share. This will give a full-year dividend of 20.6p, 12 per cent higher than 2006. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/07_Dividend_increase.MP4 Wed, 19 March 2008 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial The outstanding contribution of IHG employees has driven excellent results in 2007. IHG has the biggest development pipeline in the industry, which will deliver another high level of hotel openings in 2008. http://files.the-group.net/library/ihgplc/files/podcasts/ar2007/08_Outlook.MP4 Tues, 19 February 2007 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Preliminary Results presentation to analysts http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/190208.mp3 Tues, 14 August 2007 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Interim Results presentation to analysts http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/140807uk.mp3 Tues, 20 February 2007 16:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Preliminary Results presentation to analysts http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/200207.mp3 FINPOD002 Tue, 14 November 2006 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial US Analyst teleconference with Andrew Cosslett Third Quarter Results to 30 September 2006, on 14 November 2006. http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/141106us.mp3 Tue, 14 November 2006 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial UK Analyst teleconference for Third Quarter Results to 30 September 2006, on 14 November 2006. http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/141106uk.mp3 Tues, 22 August 2006 17:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial Analyst presentation with Andrew Cosslett and Richard Solomons for Interim Results to 30 June 2006 http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/220806uk.mp3 FINPOD001 Fri, 16 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial UK Analyst teleconference with Andrew Cosslett and Richard Solomons for First Quarter Results to 31 March 2006, on 16 May 2006. http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/160506uk.mp3 Fri, 16 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT Hotels,Financial US Analyst teleconference with Andrew Cosslett and Richard Solomons for First Quarter Results to 31 March 2006, on 16 May 2006. http://www.ihgplc.com/files/audio/160506us.mp3