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Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Hotel
Founded1983
HeadquartersWindsor, Berkshire, England
Number of locations
Increase 401 hotels
Increase 110,178 rooms
Area served
Worldwide
Parent InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
Website Crowne Plaza

Crowne Plaza is a British-American multinational chain of full service, upscale hotels headquartered in the United Kingdom. It caters to the business, leisure and blended travel market, and is especially known in the meetings, events and conventions market. The brand represents itself as a leader [1]in the blended travel space, thanks to the flexibility of its spaces and service.

The brand is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) family of brands, which include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, and operates in nearly 100 countries with more than 400 hotels and 110,000 bedrooms, [2] usually located in city centers, resorts, coastal towns or near major airports.

History

A room at Crowne Plaza London Docklands, London, England

Crowne Plaza was established in 1983 as a breakout brand formed as the upscale sister brand to Holiday Inn. [3] The first Crowne Plaza by Holiday Inn hotel opened that year in Rockville, Maryland. [4] In 1988, Bass PLC (today InterContinental Hotels Group) purchased Holiday Corporation and in 1994 the brand was renamed Crowne Plaza Hotels. [5] In 1999, Crowne Plaza opened its first European property, in Madeira, Portugal. [6]

Notable properties

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Crowne Plaza White Paper by Stylus". Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  2. ^ "Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts". development.ihg.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  3. ^ Daniels, Lee A. (8 October 1984). "A Segmenting Hotel Market". The New York Times.
  4. ^ https://www.anaihghotels.co.jp/corporate/pr/pdf/e003.pdf[ bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://www.anaihghotels.co.jp/corporate/pr/pdf/e003.pdf[ bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://www.anaihghotels.co.jp/corporate/pr/pdf/e003.pdf[ bare URL PDF]