IHG's Priority Club Rewards welcomes Jet Airways as newest airline partner

World's largest hotel loyalty programme partners with India's largest frequent flyer programme

Singapore, 10 March 2008 - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms, announces the addition of Jet Airways as Priority Club Rewards' newest airline partner. Priority Club Rewards is the world's largest hotel loyalty programme with 37 million members worldwide. Its partnership with JetPrivilege, Jet Airways' frequent flyer programme, creates even more opportunities for frequent travellers to earn their rewards.

This partnership with India's largest frequent flyer programme gives IHG guests the opportunity to get more value from their travels to key destinations across India. Members are offered the option of earning JetPrivilege miles or Priority Club points whilst staying at any of IHG's 3,900 hotels under brands such as InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express. Priority Club points can in turn be redeemed for free hotels stays, in-hotel amenities, retail certificates and other exciting rewards.

Members who prefer to receive mileage will receive 500 JetPrivilege miles for every qualifying stay at any IHG hotel worldwide. Priority Club Rewards members will also enjoy the option of redeeming their Priority Club Points for JetPrivilege Mileage at a ratio of 10,000 points for 2,000 JetPrivilege miles.

Gary Rosen, senior vice president, sales & marketing, IHG Asia Pacific, said: "Priority Club Rewards is IHG's global and local award-winning hotel loyalty programme and we are thrilled to be in partnership with one of India's leading and fastest growing frequent flyer programmes. Like Jet Airways, IHG's focused expansion across India continues with an operating portfolio of 13 hotels and an additional 20 hotels under development. Jet Airways, similarly, is expanding its international network which already includes cities such as London, Bangkok and New York, where IHG has strong hotel presence."

IHG's Priority Club Rewards is the first, largest and fastest-growing guest loyalty programme in the hotel industry.  It has received the Hotel Loyalty Programme of the Year title at the Annual Freddie Awards, Best Hotel Rewards Programme in the World award by Global Traveler magazine and Hotel Loyalty Programme of the Year by Business Traveler magazine. Priority Club Rewards offers travellers sought-after benefits including no blackout dates for reward nights and points that never expire.


Contacts:
Charles Yap
IHG Asia Pacific (Singapore)
+65 9829 0310
[email protected]

Rae Chew
Ruder Finn Asia (Singapore)
+65 6336 6451
[email protected]



Notes to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is one of the world’s largest hotel groups by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, almost 4,000 hotels and more than 585,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo®, and also manages the world’s largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 37 million members worldwide.

The company pioneered the travel industry’s first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG’s global corporate responsibility focus.

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