OREANDA-NEWS. The US InterContinental Hotels Group will open 16 hotels in Ukraine and Russia by 2010, Director of the company's mission in Russia and CIS Oleksiy Volov said, reported the Official website www.kmu.gov.ua.

The IHG company own hotel brands, notably, the InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels ad Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts. The company runs 556,246 rooms in over 3,700 hotels.