In the new edition of The World’s Best Hotels, an initiative of the leading American financial magazine Institutional Investor, the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam has been awarded no.90 in the annual list of the world’s top hotels. The Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam is the only hotel in the Netherlands that has achieved a ranking in the top 100 of The World’s Best Hotels 2007.

Since 1980 the financial investment magazine Institutional Investor has yearly organised an exclusive poll of senior executives from over thirty countries who choose the best hotels of the world based on their own experiences. The results of the election are showcased in the book The World’s Best Hotels; a tribute to the efforts of the world’s top hotels.

The Willard InterContinental in Washington DC and the InterContinental Le Grand in Paris have respectively been awarded no. 55 and 57 in the list. Since the opening in 1867 the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam has been celebrated as the most prestigious hotel in the Netherlands. For more information please visit and .

InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam is part of the InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinental Hotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,600 hotels and 537,500 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel IndigoTM, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards.

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