Several China Additions
 

1. InterContinental Beijing City Centre – A flagship hotel in Beijing’s central business district (CBD), home to a variety of corporate regional headquarters, shopping precincts and luxury residences. Planned to open in 2012 with 330 rooms.

2. InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland – Opening in Shanghai’s rapidly developing western suburb of Songjiang District in 2013, the 380-room hotel will be part of Shanghai Shimao Wonderland, a leisure theme park offering numerous tourism, shopping and entertainment opportunities. The hotel will be built on the cliff of the quarry in Sheshan Hill with one floor above ground and 17 underground.

3. InterContinental Fuzhou – Located in a new development area within the city, the hotel is only 10 minutes from key business and commercial districts and 20 kilometres away from the Fuzhou Technological & Economic Development Zone. Opening in 2013 with 360 rooms.

4. Crowne Plaza Shaoxing – Situated in a prime location next to the old town in Shaoxing, a historic and cultural city with numerous scenic sites in Zhejiang Province. Scheduled to open in 2013 with 460 rooms.

5. Holiday Inn Shaoxing – Only 10 minutes away from the city’s central business district. The hotel will offer 310 rooms when it opens in 2012.

6. Holiday Inn Mudanjiang – Located in North-Eastern China’s Heilongjiang Province in a new industrial city, a major destination for Russian business travellers due to its proximity to the major port of Vladivostok. This 260-room hotel is planned to open in 2012.


--- So there are going to be 5 InterContinental Hotels in Shanghai!

I note the new Bali HI is more expensive than the IC for some weeks !

Thanks - list now updated,

Update on IC Sanya - opening date has been deferred to Q3/Q4 2009.
Source: Crowne Plaza Sanya, and several announcements in Chinese, as classifieds.

Hotel Indigo in Asia
 

Press release from IHG announces:

"Hotel Indigo will make its appearance in key Asia Pacific cities including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo"

No opening dates or exact locations within the announcement though.

http://www.ihgplc.com/index.asp?PageID=57&newsid=2155

I dont know whether you posted in somewhere or not!!!! HI Express in SA

http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news08...ssHotels.shtml

Thanks - now updated.

I had posted a few months ago that it was likely the HI on King would soon become a Hyatt and indeed it is now official:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-hyatt-regency-toronto-debuts/story.aspx?guid={E616B789-E946-48D9-8E64-6B5A48FA7A0B}&dist=hppr

HI Express Quebec/Sainte-Foy
 

IHG is back in Quebec City. The Holiday Inn Express Quebec/Sainte-Foy is now open. There's still no IHG presence in the heart of the city.

Thanks - both Canadian updates now applied.

Crowne Plaza London-Kensington
 

According to Tripadvisor reports, the Holiday Inn Kensington (not the Forum) is currently being refurbished and will rebrand to Crowne Plaza in April 2009.

Anyone has any news on the opening date for the HI Almaty in Kazakhstan? I'm there in dec and my client would like a cheaper option over the IC which is like 350 Euro a night.

Hmm checked the dates and looks like they are taking reservation from Dec 7 onwards. Ohhh and all rooms are the same price from standard room to King Executive Suite. Booked a suite just in case. Let's see. New hotel opening likely to be a 'bumpy' stay at best :)

Cheers ...

Some updates for the masterlist InterContinental Hotels.
 

Intercontinental


Australia
Rialto-Melbourne, Reflag from Independent
Scheduled to re-open: 15.12.2008

China
Beijing-Resort, Opening Q4 2008
Beijing-Beichen Open since 18.09.2008
Dalian - Opening: 31.12.2008
Hangzhou, Opening TBA, See later post
Macau, News (TBA 2011)
Qingdao, Open since 01.10.2008

Japan
ANA Ishigaki Resort, 4rd quarter 2008

Oman
Muscat-Al Bustan. Re-opening 01.11.2008

Ukrain
Kiev, Opening 01.01.2009

Dalian is already in the IHG list...lol

Thanks arnoIC; master list now updated although I've left the Rialto at 10 Dec 08, per the IHG website.