6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For 10 March 2004

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
(Registrant’s name)

67 Alma Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3HD, England
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F         Form 40-F   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes         No   

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
	(Registrant)
By:	/s/ C. Springett
Name:	C. SPRINGETT
Title:	HEAD OF SECRETARIAT
Date:	10 March 2004

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description
99.1	Sale of Crowne Plaza – release dated 24 February 2004
99.2	Notification of Directors’ Interests in Shares dated 27 February 2004

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

24 February 2004

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Announces
Sale of Crowne Plaza The Midland in Manchester

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC today announces it has sold its share of Midland Hotel and Conference Centre Limited (MHCCL), the holding company for the Crowne Plaza The Midland in Manchester, to Quintessential Hotels Ltd for a total consideration of £20million in cash.

InterContinental Hotels Group’s interest in MHCCL totalled 56% with the remaining interest held by Modesole Limited and Northern Assurance Limited. Quintessential Hotels Ltd is buying 100% of MHCCL for a total consideration of £36m.

Net proceeds comfortably exceed the book value of the investment and the sale will be marginally earnings accretive for the year to December 2004.

InterContinental Hotels Group continues to be appropriately represented in the city, with the Crowne Plaza Manchester Airport and two Express by Holiday Inn properties in the Manchester area.

Richard North, chief executive, for InterContinental Hotels Group said:
”This is yet another example of us doing what we said we would do – reducing asset intensity to enhance shareholder returns. We are delighted to have achieved such an excellent price for our share in this hotel. Our guests will continue to be well served by our other three IHG hotels in the Manchester area.”

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For further information, please contact:

Karen Whitworth, Investor Relations	+44 (0)1753 410 177
Dee Cayhill, Corporate Affairs	+44 (0)1753 410 423

Note to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than 3,400 hotels and 530,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world (www.ichotelsgroup.com). 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®, and Candlewood Suites®, and also has a controlling interest in Britvic, the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.

InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and reservations capability on the Internet – www.intercontinental.com for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, www.crowneplaza.com for Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, www.holiday-inn.com for Holiday Inn hotels, www.hiexpress.com for Holiday Inn Express hotels, www.staybridge.com for Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn hotels, and www.candlewoodsuites.com for Candlewood Suites, and for the Group’s rewards programme, www.priorityclub.com

For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online Press Office at www.pressoffice.ihgplc.com.

EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

SCHEDULE 11

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1. Name of company

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

2. Name of director

Richard North

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person’s spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest

Director

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

Richard North

5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

No

6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

Release of shares to participants under the Six Continents Employee Profit Share Scheme

7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

895

8. Percentage of issued class

Negligible

9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

10. Percentage of issued class

N/A

11. Class of security

Ordinary shares of £1.00 each

12. Price per share

N/A

13. Date of transaction

26 February 2004

14. Date company informed

26 February 2004

15. Total holding following this notification

172,365 Ordinary shares

16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Negligible

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes.

17. Date of grant

N/A

18. Period during which or date on which exercisable

N/A

19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

N/A

20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

N/A

21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise

N/A

22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification

N/A

23. Any additional information

N/A

24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Chloë Cox, 01753 410 244

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Catherine Springett
Head of Secretariat

Date of Notification

27 February 2004

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