TOKYO - IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan will be re-branding six
ANA hotels to ANA Crowne Plaza hotels all across Japan -
from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the South. ANA
hotels in key Japanese cities Chitose, Toyama, Kanazawa,
Hiroshima, Naha and Narita will be re-branded to ANA Crowne
Plaza hotels. The re-branding of the six ANA Crowne Plaza
hotels will be completed by 17 December 2007. A further two
ANA hotels will be co-branded and join the ANA Crowne Plaza
network next year. The re-branding of ANA hotels to ANA
Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts is undertaken by IHG ANA
Hotels Group Japan, the hotel operating joint venture
between IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) and ANA (All
Nippon Airways). The company previously announced that 13
ANA hotels would be re-branded over time to one of the
three co-brands created for Japan - ANA InterContinental,
ANA Crowne Plaza and ANA Holiday Inn.