BUZZ-InterContinental Hotels: exploring options including sale - report
** InterContinental Hotels (Other OTC: ICHGF - news) up as much as 7.2 pct, top of the FTSE 100, after Bloomberg reported it is considering strategic options
** Options include a potential sale or merger, Bloomberg reports citing sources (http://bloom.bg/1Hwu9dG)
** More than a day's avg volume gone through after news (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)