The combination of power
and coverage makes it an ideal platform to launch two-way, broadband
communications services to even the most remote locations.

Offering integrated data, voice, data center and
Internet solutions, with an emphasis on broadband transmission,
including IP/ATM switching, DWDM, and non-zero dispersion fiber
optics.
Impsat currently provides services to more than 3.

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The network
is designed for government users, large corporate enterprise networks,
small offices/home offices (SOHOs), small and medium enterprises
(SMEs), and ISPs.

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The Group owns a portfolio of well
recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental (R)
Hotels + Resorts, Crowne Plaza(R) Hotels + Resorts, Holiday Inn(R)
Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R),
Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(TM), and also manages the
world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club(R) Rewards, with
more than 23 million members worldwide.

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InterContinental Hotels Group owns,
manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, more than
3,500 hotels and 536,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and
territories around the world.com
For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our
online Press Office at http://www.

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New Skies has five satellites in orbit and ground facilities around
the world.

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ichotelsgroup.ihgplc. The company has one additional spacecraft under
construction , NSS-8, which is expected to enter commercial service in
the first half of 2006, and also has secured certain rights to make
use of additional orbital positions for future growth.

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"In addition , he has demonstrated his
wide-array of hotel expertise having opened and operated several
highly regarded properties in Colombia.
"We look to Luis to continue our push to expand in the area,"
concludes Diago. That, coupled with our long-standing relationships in the
area should afford us significant opportunities for growth., the global satellite communications company, today
announced a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service
provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two -way broadband
Internet network using the high-powered NSS-7 satellite.

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InterContinental Hotels Group Latin America Appoints Luis Fernando Estefan Director of Development for the Andean Pact

Business Editors/Telecommunications Writers

THE HAGUE, Netherlands----New Skies
Satellites B."

About NSS-7

NSS-7 features 49 C-band and 48 Ku-band 36 MHz-equivalent
transponders and 11 high-powered coverage beams capable of
broadcasting video, Internet and data traffic throughout the Americas,
Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Impsat owns and operate 15 metropolitan area networks in some of the
largest cities in Latin America, including Buenos Aires , Bogota,
Caracas, Quito, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and Sao Paulo and
has also deployed fifteen facilities to provide hosting services.

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Business Editors/Travel Writers

MIAMI ----InterContinental Hotels
Group (IHG) Latin America today announced that Luis Fernando Estefan
has been appointed Director of Development for the Andean Region
(Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela), Central America, as
well as assisting IHG with its development plans in the Caribbean .
Impsat has deployed a new IP hub at its teleport facility in
Buenos Aires to launch two-way, broadband Internet, Voice-over-IP
(VoIP) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) services throughout
Argentina , Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Brazil.

About Impsat

Impsat Fiber Networks, Inc .

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"
Matias Heinrich, executive vice-president of Networks for Impsat
Fiber Networks, Inc.

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"
InterContinental Hotels Group has more than doubled its portfolio
of hotels in Latin America over the past five years . In addition to this,
InterContinental Hotels Group has a controlling interest in Britvic,
the second largest soft drinks manufacturer in the UK.
InterContinental Hotels Group offers information and online
reservations for all its hotel brands at http://www. This agreement pairs
NSS-7, one of the most advance satellites serving Latin America, with
the latest network technology, bringing cost-effective, high-speed
broadband communications services to users anywhere in the region.

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"Luis has significant management and finance experience, which
will help in the future expansion of IHG in this part of the
continent," says Diago."
"I am honored to be a part of InterContinental Hotels Group Latin
America," says Estefan. The satellite is one of the most
powerful serving Latin America, enabling the use of antennas ranging
in size from 75 centimeters to 1.C.

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"We know that we have the most respected brands in
the world.

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000 national and
multinational companies, financial institutions, governmental
agencies , carriers, ISPs and other service providers throughout the
region with operations in Argentina, Colombia , Brazil, Venezuela,
Ecuador, Chile, Peru and the United States.

About New Skies Satellites

New Skies Satellites is one of only four fixed satellite
communications companies with global satellite coverage, offering
data, video, Internet and voice communications services to a range of
telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations,
Internet service providers and government entities around the world.

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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE:IHG)(NYSE:IHG) (ADRs ), is
the world's largest and most global hotel company.
Based out of Bogota, Colombia, and reporting to Alvaro Diago, Area
President of InterContinental Hotels Group Latin America, Estefan will
be responsible for new development and conversions, franchises and
management contracts for all IHG brands within the Andean region.
IHG's brands in Latin America include InterContinental Hotels,
Crowne Plaza Hotels, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Hotels + Suites, Holiday
Inn Express, Holiday Inn SunSpree and Staybridge Suites.V., said: "New Skies' NSS-7 satellite fits perfectly
into our network as it presents the ideal combination of reliability,
power and coverage, allowing us to provide services over a wide area
using antennas as small as 75 centimeters. Given the broad coverage
and smaller , more cost-efficient hardware, we will be able to target a
wider potential customer base with more affordable services.

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Brazil-based Ronald Arteaga, Director of Development for the
remainder of IHG Latin America's properties in the South Cone, will
manage development for Brazil, as well as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
and Paraguay.2 meters. is a leading provider of private
telecommunications network, Internet services and Data Centers in
Latin America.

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"IHG is the most important international hotel
group in Latin America, and I look forward to furthering these
excellent brands within my area of responsibility, an area in which
InterContinental has been a major force for decades.

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Impsat provides telecommunications, data center and Internet
services through our networks, which consist of owned fiber optic and
wireless links, teleports, earth stations and leased satellite links.

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Prior to his appointment, Estefan held the General Manager
position for both the Radisson Royal hotel and Hotels Royal in
Colombia."

Note to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LSE:IHG)
(NYSE:IHG) (ADRs) is the world's most global hotel company and the
largest by number of rooms. New Skies is
headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in Hong
Kong, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.

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The portfolio
includes 19 InterContinental hotels, 6 Crowne Plaza hotels, 27 Holiday
Inn hotels, and a Staybridge Suites hotel , spread across 16 countries
in the region.
Dolores Martos, New Skies' vice president of sales for Latin
America, said: "We are very proud to have been entrusted by Impsat to
support their new IP hub and broadband services.