Editing InterContinental (section)

==Notable properties==
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, located within the [[Wilshire Grand Center]] in downtown Los Angeles, is the largest InterContinental in the Americas and the [[tallest building in Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Vincent, Roger |date=23 September 2014| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-re-wilshire-grand-intercontinental-20140923-story.html |title=Hotel under construction in downtown L.A. will be an InterContinental|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

InterContinental manages the [[Willard InterContinental Hotel]] in [[Downtown (Washington, D.C.)|downtown Washington, D.C.]], two blocks east of the [[White House]]. The {{Years ago|1847}}-year-old hotel has hosted many heads of state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://washington.intercontinental.com/history/ |title=Discover Our History|website=Willard|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>

InterContinental briefly operated a hotel in Lagos, but withdrew from Nigeria in 2018, after a disagreement with its local partners over the terms of how to get the property out of receivership, just four years after the hotel opened.<ref>{{Cite web |title=InterContinental Hotels to Exit Nigeria After Debt Fallout |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4086683.html |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Hospitality Net |language=en-us}}</ref>

The [[Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul|Inter-Continental Kabul]] opened in 1969, but ceased operation following the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet invasion]] of Afghanistan in 1979. The hotel continues to operate independently using the Inter-Continental name, but unaffiliated with the chain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42761881|title=Gunmen attack major Kabul hotel|date=20 January 2018|publisher=BBC News|access-date=21 January 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>