The Holiday Inn-Oceanfront, Ocean City, Md., is one of the most well-known hotel brands in the world. Holiday Inn has more than 1,370 hotels worldwide, over 254, 900 rooms and more than 340 hotels in development. Holiday Inn offers today’s business and leisure travellers dependability, friendly service and modern attractive facilities at excellent value. The hotels are located throughout the world-in small towns and major cities, along roadways and near bustling airports. Since 1952 Holiday Inn Hotels have provided the services business travellers need, while also offering leisure travellers amenities such as restaurants, room service, swimming pools, fitness centers and comfortable lounges. Holiday Inn is owned by Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc of the United Kingdom, one of the world s largest hotel groups by number of rooms. Ihg owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800 hotels and more than 571,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. Ihg owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites and Hotel Indigo, and also manages the world s largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club Rewards with over 37 million members worldwide.