# Six Continents

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{{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](/source/Public_company)
| fate = Renamed following demerger of [Mitchells & Butlers](/source/Mitchells_%26_Butlers)
| predecessor = [Bass plc](/source/Bass_Brewery)
| successor = [InterContinental Hotels Group](/source/InterContinental_Hotels_Group)
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2000}} in [London](/source/London), England, United Kingdom
| defunct = {{End date|2003}}
| location = [London](/source/London), England, United Kingdom
| industry = [Retail](/source/Retail)
| products = [Hotel services](/source/Hotel)<br />[Public House](/source/Public_House)s
| 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](/source/London_Stock_Exchange) and was once a constituent of the [FTSE 100 Index](/source/FTSE_100_Index).

==History==
The company was formed in June 2000 when the brewing business of [Bass plc](/source/Bass_Brewery) was sold to the Belgian brewer Interbrew (now [AB InBev](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Mitchells_%26_Butlers), and the remaining hotels and soft drinks business of [Britvic](/source/Britvic), were renamed as [InterContinental Hotels Group](/source/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](/source/Global_Finance_(magazine)) |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](/source/All_Bar_One), Browns, Edward's, Ember Inns, [Harvester](/source/Harvester_(restaurant)), Hollywood Bowl, It's A Scream, [O'Neill's](/source/O'Neill's_(pub_chain)), [Toby Carvery](/source/Toby_Carvery) and Vintage Inns.

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

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