InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has expanded its presence in the U.S., Canada and Mexico over the past 30 months, increasing its number of hotels from 13 to 21, the company announced.
In the Americas region, InterContinental announced the opening of three new hotels within a 10-day period in September. The hotels include the 556-room InterContinental Chicago O'Hare in the U.S., the 174-room Presidente InterContinental Puebla in Mexico and the 110-room Real InterContinental Hotel & Club Tower in Costa Rica.
The brand is also getting ready to open its first resort property in the U.S.—the 292-room InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., in November.
The brand signed on two hotels on the East Coast: the InterContinental New York Times Square and InterContinental Atlanta Midtown. Both New York City and Atlanta will join other major U.S. cities such as Chicago and San Francisco in offering more than one InterContinental location within a destination.
During the first six months of 2008, the chain opened the InterContinental San Francisco and InterContinental The Clement Monterey in Monterey, Calif. San Francisco also offers the InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco.
