Crowne Plaza

Crowne Plaza was established in 1983 as an upscale sister brand to Holiday Inn, with its first hotel opening that year in Rockville, Maryland. In 1988, Bass PLC, the company that would later become InterContinental Hotels Group, acquired the Holiday Corporation, and in 1994 the brand was renamed Crowne Plaza Hotels.

Built for business, leisure and everything between

Crowne Plaza caters to business, leisure and blended travel, with hotels typically located in city centres, resorts, coastal towns or near major airports. The brand opened its first European property in Madeira, Portugal, in 1999, and has continued expanding across the continent ever since.

A global footprint today

Crowne Plaza now operates in nearly a hundred countries with more than four hundred hotels and some 110,000 rooms. Guests can expect a consistent set of amenities designed for the modern business and leisure traveller, including:

• Dedicated meeting and event spaces in most properties
• Work friendly public areas and connectivity
• Restaurants and bars suited to both business dinners and leisure stays
• Central, well connected locations in nearly every market

Part of IHG Hotels & Resorts

As part of the wider IHG family alongside InterContinental and Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza benefits from IHG's global scale, loyalty programme and shared commitment to True Hospitality for Good.

Culture

• True Hospitality for Good: IHG's shared purpose across all eighteen of its brands
• Room to Belong, Grow and Make a Difference: the promise IHG makes to every colleague
• Business focused design: built for city centres, resorts and airport locations where business and leisure travel meet
• Inclusion at every level: an actively championed, inclusive culture across more than 100 countries

Human Resources

As part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza colleagues share in IHG's promise of Room to Belong, Grow and Make a Difference, supported by structured learning and a recognised inclusive culture.

• Access to IHG Academy, open to students, career changers and anyone new to hospitality
• IHG has ranked among the top workplaces recognised by Great Place to Work and Fortune
• Career paths across a family of eighteen global hotel brands