IHG also owns its eponymous InterContinental Hotels & Resorts flag as well as other brands like Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hualuxe Hotels & Resorts, and Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts. The Regent brand expansion arrives as the hotel industry in mainland China is showing initial signs of a recovery following the coronavirus outbreak, according to STR. Mainland China occupancy reached a 7 percent low in early February but got as high as 32 percent on March 28.