ATLANTA: InterContinental Hotels Group, which owns and operates brands including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, has selected Hill+Knowlton Strategies as its agency for corporate and brand PR in the Americas. 

H+K was selected following a review of PR agencies within WPP. The holding company's firms include Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Burson-Marsteller, Ogilvy Public Relations, and Cohn & Wolfe. 

The switch to a WPP PR firm is part of a larger global restructuring for IHG, which consolidated its worldwide marketing roster to a WPP team ...