23 May 2008
Priority Club Rewards launches Mega-bonus points promotion for Chase Card members
Earn 25,000 Points to start when Using Priority Club® Visa Signature® and Visa® Business Card from Chase
ATLANTA (May 22, 2008) - Travel Light. Earn Big. Priority Club® Rewards is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the launch of a mega-bonus points promotion for new and existing Priority Club® Rewards Visa Signature® Card and select Priority Club® Rewards Visa® Business customers. From now through July 31, 2008, new cardholders instantly receive 25,000 Priority Club points after the first purchase, enough for a free night stay at many IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] hotels and resorts and an increase from the 15,000 points traditionally awarded with the first purchase.
Additionally, all Priority Club® Rewards Visa Signature® Card and select Priority Club® Rewards Visa® Business Card customers can earn up to 25 points per dollar spent at any of IHG's nearly 4,000 hotels worldwide including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge® Suites and Candlewood Suites®. The number of points earned varies by hotel brand.
Members can earn one point per dollar spent on everyday purchases everywhere credit cards are accepted, making it easy for Priority Club Rewards members to earn points with each swipe.
"Chase is pleased to help Priority Club celebrate its 25th anniversary and is very excited by the opportunity to provide Priority Club customers with additional rewards," said Carol Smith, segment manager, Chase Card Services. "This anniversary is a great time to celebrate IHG's
success and also reward loyal card members and small business owners with a convenient way to get more for their travel throughout the year."
Applying for a Priority Club® Rewards Visa Signature® Card and Priority Club Rewards Visa® Business Card from Chase is simple and new card customers are automatically upgraded to Gold Elite status, where members can enjoy benefits such as Priority Check-InTM, a 10 percent bonus on base points earned, and exclusive toll-free customer service. As members of Priority Club® Rewards, benefits include no points expiration, no blackout dates on reward nights, and more redemption options than any other hotel loyalty program, including more than 500,000 lodging establishments worldwide - even IHG's rivals - through the industry-leading Any Hotel, Anywhere reward.
Participation in this promotion is exclusive to U.S. residents only. To become a Priority Club® Rewards Visa Signature® customer, simply call 800-485-7236 or apply at www.priorityclub.com/25visa prior to staying at any global IHG location. To apply for a Priority Club® Rewards Visa® Business Card call 800-850-5894 prior to staying at any global IHG location.
Contact:
Judith Wint
Weber Shandwick
212.445.8122
[email protected]
Meg Stinson
Chase
302-282-8456
[email protected]
Stephen Boggs
IHG
770.604.5793
[email protected]
About Priority Club Rewards
With more than 37 million members, IHG's Priority Club Rewards is the first, largest and fastest-growing guest loyalty program in the hotel industry. Priority Club Rewards received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20TH Annual Freddie Awards for the program's 25th Anniversary. Priority Club Rewards was also recently named the "Best Hotel Rewards Program in the World" in Global Traveler magazine's annual GT Tested Awards and the "Best Hotel Loyalty Program by Business Traveler magazine. Priority Club Rewards offers more sought-after benefits and the greatest ease of use of any hotel loyalty program. Enrollment in Priority Club Rewards is free. Guests can enroll by logging on at priorityclub.com, by calling 1-888-211-9874 or by inquiring at the front desk of any of IHG's nearly 4,000 hotels worldwide.
About JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.6 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its JPMorgan and Chase brands. Information about the firm is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
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About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [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 590,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world The Group 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.
IHG pioneered the travel industry’s first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG’s global corporate responsibility focus. We’re the first major hotel group to have measured our environmental and carbon footprints and we’re in the process of setting reduction targets.
With more than 1,600 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG needs to find around 150,000 people over the next few years to meet its global expansion plans.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.
IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.
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