IHG Opens 1,000th EMEAA Hotel – Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort in Vietnam

Date: June 2018

Location: Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, in Vietnam.

Name: InterContinental® Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort – Opened 2018

No. of Keys: 459 rooms, suites and villas.

Operator: InterContinental® Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort is located on the pristine Phu Quoc island, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve off the coast of Vietnam. The resort has six restaurants and bars, and state-of-the-art meeting facilities.

Kenneth Macpherson, Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa at IHG commented: “Reaching 1,000 open hotels in the region with the addition of InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort is a significant achievement for IHG. Our Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa (EMEAA) region encompasses 71 countries, 26 time zones and some of the world’s most visited cities. This milestone is testament to the appeal of our brands, the strength of our owner relationships and our well-established strategy to leverage scale and accelerate growth in some of the world’s fastest growing markets.”

THPT Comment: 1000th hotel…always a major milestone. IHG have shown they are going forward in a very strong way, having lost out on Starwood to Marriott.

First Seen: Hotel Online