Starting 21st January 2009, InterContinental Bucharest has a new General Manager, appointed in the person of Mr. Marten Schoenrock, replacing Mr. Jonathan Soper, after two years in this position.

At 42 years old, Schoenrock has a vast background in the hospitality industry and a 17 years experience with the InterContinental Hotels Group. Marten Schoenrock is coming from InterContinental Berlin where he was in the position of Hotel Manager. Previously, he worked in Köln, Leipzig, Vienna, Chicago, Tashkent and Berlin.

He has an extensive experience mainly in the F&B department as he held the position of F&B Director in Vienna, Tashkent and Chicago. While in Dallas, he has acted as General Manager and was responsible for the full renovation of 500 guest rooms, thus giving him a plus of experience which will definitely help in the renovation process InterContinental Bucharest will pass starting this year, with the 21st floor.

InterContinental Bucharest is operated by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) under a management contract.
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 4,000 hotels and more than 590,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 39 million members worldwide.

IHG has more than 1,700 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 150,000 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 programme at www.priorityclub.com. For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press Office at www.ihg.com/media. For information about InterContinental Bucharest, visit www.intercontinental.com/bucharest
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Dana Chiriac
Marketing & PR Manager
Mobile: 0727 810 200 sau 0742 081 814
E-mail: dana.chiriac@interconti.ro

Bucharest, January, 2008