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Development Quarterly - Issue 3 IHG Europe's Development, Design & Openings magazine

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TRAVEL<br />

InterContinental ® Carlton Cannes<br />

“<strong>IHG</strong> now has InterContinental hotels in every main city in<br />

France” beams Willemijn Geels, <strong>IHG</strong>’s Associate Vice President of<br />

<strong>Development</strong> for Northern and Eastern Europe. “This is something<br />

to be excited about.” And she’s right. Having a leading presence in<br />

the most visited country in the world certainly is exciting.<br />

France plays host to at least 79m foreign tourists every year*. They<br />

come from around the world: Francophile Chinese flock there in their<br />

droves aided by the Schengen Agreement; visitors from the Middle<br />

East go to escape their soaring summer temperatures; curious<br />

Europeans go to see what all the fuss is about. From the fashion<br />

houses to the vineyards, France is the number one destination for<br />

good reason and its reputation is one of romance and luxury.<br />

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