Editing InterContinental (section)

===Global expansion===
In 1961, Intercontinental Hotels opened its first property in the Middle East, the [[Phoenicia Hotel Beirut|Phoenicia Intercontinental Beirut]], in [[Lebanon]]. In 1962, the chain expanded to three more continents, assuming management of the [[Ducor Hotel|Ducor Palace Hotel]] in [[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]] in April,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/144730/rec/165 | title=Page 131 }}</ref> opening the [[Hotel Indonesia]] in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], in July,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/144743/rec/165 | title=Page 144 }}</ref> and [[Southern Cross Hotel|The Southern Cross]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia, in August.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/144752/rec/165 | title=Page 153 }}</ref> The first properties in Europe followed in May 1963, with simultaneous openings in [[Dublin]], Cork and Limerick, Ireland.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/144785/rec/165 | title=Page 186 }}</ref> In 1964, Intercontinental became the first American hotel chain to operate in [[Eastern Europe]], when it assumed management of the [[Esplanade Zagreb Hotel|Hotel Esplanade]] in [[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]]. The chain would continue to be unique among western hospitality companies in operating behind the "[[Iron Curtain]]", opening properties in [[Budapest]], [[Bucharest]], [[Prague]] and [[Warsaw]] between 1968 and 1974.<ref name="Potter" />

The company continued constructing new luxury hotels in Pan Am destinations around the world. In its hotel designs, Intercontinental aspired to combine [[Mid-century modern]] American luxury with decorative elements drawn from local cultures.<ref name="CNN-12.8.21"/> Between 1961 and 1985, Intercontinental's head designer, Neal Prince, designed interiors and branding for 135 hotels.<ref name="CNN-12.8.21"/><ref name="NYSID-bio">{{cite web |url=https://nealprince.omeka.net/nealprince |title=Neal Prince |publisher=New York School of Interior Design Library |website=Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Inter-Continental Hotel Brand |access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>

The chain was officially rebranded as '''Inter•Continental Hotels''' in 1966, with the name commonly spelled with a hyphen as Inter-Continental when typed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://img03.mar.cx/_images/US/722/668/72266889_specimen_2_image_5.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-05-29 |archive-date=2021-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210034401/http://img03.mar.cx/_images/US/722/668/72266889_specimen_2_image_5.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1972, Inter-Continental started a line of moderately priced hotels, called Forum Hotels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/20/business/pan-am-unit-is-profitable-and-for-sale.html|title=Pan Am Unit Is Profitable, and for Sale|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=1981-08-20|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The first Forum property was the Lee Gardens Hotel in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 11 |url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/2981/rec/32 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=digitalcollections.library.miami.edu |language=en}}</ref> Inter-Continental opened its first hotel in the United States in 1973, when it assumed management of the [[Mark Hopkins Hotel]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 10 |url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/asm0341/id/2980/rec/32 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=digitalcollections.library.miami.edu |language=en}}</ref>

On 1 June 1981, Intercontinental opened it's first location in [[Abu Dhabi]] making it the first hotel to be available in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abudhabi.intercontinental.com/history |title= A place where legendary events took place - Intercontinental Hotel Abu Dhabi |access-date=2025-05-27}}</ref>