(Oleksiy Boyko) Carsten Reiher, general manager of InterContinental Kyiv, and Anastasiya Zholynska, general director of Hotel Management, InterContinental's owner, cut a cake at a celebration of the hotel's first anniversary on Sept. 1.

The five-star InterContinental, located just off St. Michael's Square, is one of the largest hotels in the capital.

As well as accomodating guests, the hotel also hosted President Viktor Yanukovych's celebrations following his victory on election day in February.

The InterContinental Hotels Group is headquartered in the United Kingdom and is the largest hotel company in the world, with 4,500 hotels in 100 countries.