Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Regulatory News (MLC)

21 Oct 2005 07:05

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC21 October 2005 21 October 2005 Claim against Willis of New York, Inc ("Willis") Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc ("M&C") announces that it and its wholly-ownedsubsidiary, CDL Hotels USA, Inc, filed a legal action against Willis on 19October 2005. Willis was engaged as M&C group's insurance advisor, broker andclaims representative for the M&C group 2001 US property insurance coverage andclaims. The action seeks damages in excess of US$45 million on various groundsrelating to damages and business interruption losses at the Millennium HiltonHotel in New York and business interruption losses at its other US hotelproperties resulting from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 11September 2001. Enquiries:Robin Lee 0207 872 2482Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc Kate Miller 020 7404 5959Brunswick Group LLP This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange