Which companies received international licenses from SCH that impact brands related to Atwell Suites?
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SCH has also offered licenses outside of North America for the Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express and Holiday Inn hotel brand groups since April 1997 (and its predecessors engaged in such activities before that time, commencing originally in May 1988). In November 2010 (as amended April 2024), SCH assigned some of its international licenses to certain affiliates of Holiday, as follows: InterContinental Hotels Group (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, a Singapore company ("IHGAP"), with a registered business address of 230 Victoria Street #13-00 Bugis Junction Towers, Singapore 188024 and Singapore and IHG Japan Management LLC, a Japanese company, with a registered business address of 20th Floor, Toranomon Kotohira Tower, 2-8, Toranomon 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. These companies now offer licenses on a regional basis, outside of the Americas. Through the November 2010 (as amended in April 2024) assignment, there was a grant of licenses from SCH to IHGAP for the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express brand group, Holiday Inn Resort, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites and Hotel Indigo marks in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu and Vietnam (the "IHGAP Territories"). In June 2023, there was a grant of license by SCL to IHGAP for the voco and Vignette Collection marks in the IHGAP Territories. Through the license agreement between InterContinental Hotels Corporation and IHGAP there was a grant of license for the InterContinental Hotels and Resorts marks in the IHGAP Territories.
Holiday's affiliate, IHG Hotels Limited, an English company, with its principal place of business located at 1 Windsor Dials, Arthur Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1RS, has offered licenses for the voco® and Regent brand group hotels on a regional basis outside of the Americas since 2018. As of the date of this disclosure document, there are 51 voco® hotels in the United Kingdom, Middle East, Asia and Australia and 10 Regent hotels in Europe and Asia which are open for business.
Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 8–14)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Atwell Suites FDD, Six Continents Hotels, Inc. ("SCH") assigned some of its international licenses to certain affiliates of Holiday in November 2010 (as amended April 2024). These assignments impact brands related to Atwell Suites. The recipients of these licenses are InterContinental Hotels Group (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, a Singapore company ("IHGAP"), and IHG Japan Management LLC, a Japanese company. These companies now offer licenses on a regional basis, outside of the Americas.
IHGAP received licenses for the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express brand group, Holiday Inn Resort, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites and Hotel Indigo marks in the "IHGAP Territories". In June 2023, there was a grant of license by SCL to IHGAP for the voco and Vignette Collection marks in the IHGAP Territories. Through the license agreement between InterContinental Hotels Corporation and IHGAP there was a grant of license for the InterContinental Hotels and Resorts marks in the IHGAP Territories. The IHGAP Territories include Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu and Vietnam.
Additionally, Holiday's affiliate, IHG Franchising Brasil LTDA, a Brazilian company, has offered licenses for Atwell Suites and voco hotels since 2020, and for Vignette Collection hotels since 2021. As of the date of this disclosure document, there are 3 licensed Holiday Inn hotels and 3 licensed Holiday Inn Express hotels open in Brazil. These assignments and licenses allow these affiliates to operate and franchise hotel brands, some of which are related to or part of the broader InterContinental Hotels Group portfolio that includes Atwell Suites, in their respective regions.