Six Continents

Six Continents was a large British-based hotel and hospitality business which was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Six Continents Hotels plc

Company type	Public
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Bass plc
Founded	2000; 25 years ago (2000) in London, England, United Kingdom
Defunct	2003 (2003)
Fate	Renamed following demerger of Mitchells & Butlers
Successor	InterContinental Hotels Group
Headquarters	London, England, United Kingdom
Key people	David Bland (Managing Director)
Products	Hotel services Public Houses
Website	sixcontinentshotels.com

History

The company was formed in June 2000 when the brewing business of Bass plc was sold to the Belgian brewer Interbrew (now AB InBev) and the remaining hotel and pub holdings were renamed Six Continents plc.^[1]

In April 2001, Six Continents bought the UK-based Posthouse Hotels business from Compass Group for £810 million, and during the following year re-branded the 79 hotels to Holiday Inn.^[2]

In 2003 it de-merged into a pubs business, Mitchells & Butlers, and the remaining hotels and soft drinks business of Britvic, were renamed as InterContinental Hotels Group.^[3]

Brands and companies

Six Continents owned, managed or franchised the hotel brands InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Staybridge Suites. Its pubs and restaurants included All Bar One, Browns, Edward's, Ember Inns, Harvester, Hollywood Bowl, It's A Scream, O'Neill's, Toby Carvery and Vintage Inns.