InterContinental plans more China hotels

[SHANGHAI] InterContinental Hotels Group plc, the world's largest provider of hotel accommodation, plans to open "at least the same" number of hotels in China next year as 2013, even as growth in room revenue slows.

The hotel operator, which also runs the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands in Greater China, opened 17 hotels this year to the end of the third quarter in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, which together are its…