Six Continents

{{short description|Former large British-based hotel and hospitality business}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Six Continents Hotels plc | logo = Sixcontinentslogo.PNG | type = Public | fate = Renamed following demerger of Mitchells & Butlers | predecessor = Bass plc | successor = InterContinental Hotels Group | foundation = {{Start date and age|2000}} in London, England, United Kingdom | defunct = {{End date|2003}} | location = London, England, United Kingdom | industry = Retail | products = Hotel services<br />Public Houses | key_people = David Bland (Managing Director) | num_employees = | website = [https://web.archive.org/*/https://www.sixcontinentshotels.com sixcontinentshotels.com] }}

'''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.

==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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Day |first=Julia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/jun/27/marketingandpr2 |title=Bass to become Six Continents |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 June 2001 |accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Posthouse Deal Wins Six Continents Top Industry Award |url=http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article3759Posthouse_Deal_Wins_Six_Continents_Top_Industry_Award.html |work=Hotel News Resource |accessdate=9 December 2012 |date=22 March 2002}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Platt |first=Gordon |url=http://www.gfmag.com/magazine/june-2003/3lbaty-corporate-finance-global-depositary-receipts |title=Six Continents' Split-up Creates Two New ADRs |magazine=Global Finance |date=1 June 2003 |accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>

==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.

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==External links== * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/https://www.sixcontinentshotels.com|title=Six Continents Hotels}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Defunct companies based in London Category:Hospitality companies established in 2000 Category:Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Category:Hospitality companies disestablished in 2003 Category:British companies established in 2000 Category:British companies disestablished in 2003 Category:Bass former divisions and subsidiaries