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IHG and LatinFinance: Ideal Players for Business Travelers in Latin America B Latin Roots usiness travelers need dependable players, whether it’s to give them the information they need to make important decisions, or to provide them with the perfect place to use as a homebase while traveling. That’s why LatinFinance and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) have proven to be perfect partners for business travelers. As an important lodging company in Latin America and the Caribbean, InterContinental Hotels Group recognizes that when it comes to doing business in the region, no other source is better than LatinFinance for valuable insight and analysis of Latin American capital markets and finance. Likewise, LatinFinance readers have acknowledged over and over again, the comprehensive coverage and quality of service that IHG offers at more than 180 properties in key locations in Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. goes smoothly, planners also have access to the Crowne Meetings Director, a senior-level hotel staff member who serves as a single point of contact throughout the entire meeting experience. When it’s time to relax after a day of meetings, guests at Crowne Plaza enjoy the Crowne Plaza Sleep Advantage®, an awardwinning program that takes a sophisticated approach to a good night’s sleep. Its innovative elements include comfortable beds and bedding, guaranteed wakeup calls, nightlights, drape clips, sleep CDs, and amenities such as eye masks, earplugs and even lavender spray. InterContinental Buenos Aires. It’s no surprise that IHG is bullish in Latin America. After all, the company’s very first InterContinental Hotels & Resorts property opened in 1946 in Belem, Brazil, when the brand’s founder, Pan American Airways, decided to capitalize on the need for quality hotels in the region. The rest is history. Today, IHG is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms.With more than 60 years of experience in the most strategic destinations, IHG knows what business travelers need. And with its wide variety of brands, IHG can meet the budget and requirements of every corporate traveler. The InterContinental Life IHG’s luxurious InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand offers impeccable service and every imaginable amenity for business travelers, including meeting space, restaurants, spas and fully equipped business centers. InterContinental properties also boast some of Latin America’s best-known hotels, including the Tamanaco InterContinental Caracas, InterContinental Miramar Panama and the InterContinental Buenos Aires. More Options Than Ever In Latin America Crowne Plaza:The Place to Meet Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts properties are known as “The Place to Meet”. Crowne Plaza hotels are also known for their extensive meeting facilities and amenities, as well as their attentiveness to the needs of business travelers. Anyone planning or attending a meeting will appreciate Crowne Plaza’s two-hour response guarantee for all Requests for Proposals (RFPs), as well as the Meeting’s Daily Debrief, which updates meeting planners about billing and budget figures.To assure that every event For information or online reservations at any of our hotels in Central, South America, Mexico, the Caribbean or around the world, visit www.ihg.com. For free enrollment in Priority Club Rewards, visit www.priorityclub.com. IHG has expanded the last two years with hotel openings (Holiday Inn: Medellin and Santiago) and with brand conversions (Crowne Plaza: Bogotá, Lima, San Pedro Sula and San Jose CR). Brazil is IHG’s main focus.The Holiday Inn Express Natal is its 15th property (Opened in 2007). Furthermore, new Holiday Inn agreements were signed (Manaus, Foz de Iguaçu and Aparecida do Norte). Travelers reap the benefits of IHG’s 37 million member Priority Club Rewards program, recipient of the 19th annual Freddie Award and “Best Hotel Rewards Program in the World” by GlobalTraveler Magazine. With a growing portfolio of hotels and resorts in Latin America and the Caribbean – as well as a long history of serving the needs of business travelers in the region – IHG continues to make travel a rewarding and enjoyable experience throughout the Americas.Times may have changed since the first InterContinental hotel opened in Brazil in 1946, but the IHG commitment to business travelers remains the same. I sponsored statement

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