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Elie W. Maalouf has been named President, The Americas at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Elie W. Maalouf
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announces that Kirk Kinsell will step down from the Board and his role as President of IHG’s Americas business on 13th February 2015. He will be succeeded by Elie Maalouf, Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company and formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of HMSHost Corporation. Mr Maalouf will become a member of IHG’s Executive Committee. Elie Maalouf was President and Chief Executive Officer of HMSHost Corporation from November 2005 to December 2011 and was a member of the Board of Directors. HMSHost Corporation is a global travel and leisure developer and operator of food and retail in airports, motorways and other travel destinations with 2,300 stores in 14 countries. It operates via a predominantly franchised based model. He was formerly Executive Vice President of Food and Beverage Operations and Senior Vice President of Business Development and International. Before joining HMSHost Corporation, Mr Maalouf spent eight years at Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, one of the largest home building and master planned community development companies in the U.S. He held a series of roles over the eight year period, latterly as Director of Planning where he was responsible for the company’s strategic and financial planning. He also worked in real estate development as well as the investment and management of large upscale residential and mixed-use communities. He is currently a Senior Advisor with McKinsey & Company in New York.
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IHG Hotels & Resorts is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good. With a family of 19 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has over 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries, and more than 1,900 in the development pipeline.