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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) ( ) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (537,500 as of March 2006 {Link without Title} ), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . HISTORY InterContinental Hotels Group can be traced back to 1777 when William Bass began a Brewery in Burton-upon-Trent . In 1876 their red triangle trademark was the first registered in the United Kingdom . In 1989 the British Government limited the number of pubs brewers could directly own, so Bass began to grow their small line of hotels. In 1990 they purchased Holiday Inn International from Kemmons Wilson , expanding themselves into North America . In March 1998 they acquired the InterContinental brand, expanding into the luxury market. In to handle Restaurant assets and InterContinental to focus on Hotel s and soft drinks. Britvic , the company's soft drinks division, was retained by IHG. It is the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the United Kingdom by volume. It owns the Robinsons, Tango, Britvic, R Whites and J2O brands, and also has the franchise for the Pepsi and 7UP brands in Great Britain. In December 2005 , IHG sold it's interest in the company by an Initial Public Offering . INTERCONTINENTAL BRAND S
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