InterContinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group plc, informally InterContinental Hotels or IHG, is a British multinational hospitality company headquartered in Denham, Buckinghamshire. IHG has about 800,000 guest rooms and 5,000 hotels across nearly 100 countries. IHG includes several brands such as Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, Even Hotels, Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo, Hualuxe, InterContinental, Kimpton Hotels and Resorts and Staybridge Suites. The origins of InterContinental Hotels Group can be traced back to 1777, when William Bass established the Bass Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent. In 1876, its red triangle logo was the first ever trademark registered in the United Kingdom. In 1969, Bass
Bass Brewery from the deal, and instructed Interbrew to dispose of the brewery and certain brands (Carling and Worthington ) to Coors (now Molson Coors Brewing Company), but allowed Interbrew to retain the rights to the "Bass Pale Ale" brand. Mitchells & Butlers lives on as the assignee of the licensed retail outlet business which separated from Six Continents. Bass plc's brewing business was bought by the Belgian brewer Interbrew (now AB-InBev) in June 2000, its hotel and pub holdings absorbed and renamed Six Continents plc. After the Competition Commission raised potential monopoly concerns, Interbrew disposed of Bass Brewers Limited's Carling and