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InterContinental Hotels & Resorts by IHG is a British-American luxury hotel brand created in 1946 by Pan Am founder Juan Trippe.[1] It has been part of UK-based InterContinental Hotels Group since 1998.[1] As of January 2023, there were 208 InterContinental hotels worldwide, with 70,287 rooms.[2] In 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Juan Trippe, President of Pan Am, discussed their concern for Latin America's need for development funds at a White House breakfast. The two men thought that one way to attract businessmen and tourists would be to offer luxury hotels in key cities.[3] Trippe contacted Statler Hotels' chief executive H.B. Callis, and his company undertook a feasibility study, but the company decided the program would be too expensive. Trippe contacted multiple other US hotel chains, but none showed interest. Roosevelt requested that Pan Am take the lead in developing 5000 hotel rooms in Latin America, with a projected cost of $50,000,000. Pan Am's profit that ye

InterContinental - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brand of luxury hotels This article is about the hotel brand. For its parent company, see IHG Hotels & Resorts . For other uses, see Intercontinental (disambiguation) . InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Type Subsidiary Industry Hotels Founded 4 April 1946 ; 80 years ago ( 1946-04-04 ) Founder Juan Trippe Number of locations 208 hotels and resorts Owner Pan Am Corporation (1946–1981) Grand Metropolitan (1981–1988) Saison Group (1988–1998) Bass (1998–2000) Six Continents (2000–2003) InterContinental Hotels Group (

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