04 January 2008

Priority Club Rewards Offers Up To 40,000 Bonus Points Through Its Winter Promotion

Redeem Points for Up to Four Free Nights at Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express

ATLANTA (Jan. 4, 2008) - As the holiday season comes to a close and business travel picks up again, IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] is making it quick and easy for guests to earn up to 40,000 bonus points through Priority Club®  Rewards, the world's largest hotel loyalty program with the widest variety of redemption options and the fastest way to Elite Status. From Jan. 14 through April 30, 2008, Priority Club Rewards members will earn 4,000 bonus points, 1,000 bonus miles or 100 bonus AIR MILES®† reward miles on every second qualifying stay at any of IHG's 3,800 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® . Members can earn up to a total of 40,000 bonus points, 10,000 bonus miles or 1,000 bonus AIR MILES®†.  Members can redeem their 40,000 bonus points and stay up to four nights at Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express properties. 

Enrollment in Priority Club Rewards is free, and members benefit from flexible features such as 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. 

To participate in the promotion, simply register at www.priorityclub.com/40000 or call 888-560-5660 prior to staying at any global IHG location. 

or local currency equivalent

Contact:           

Judith Wint, Weber Shandwick, 212.445.8122, [email protected]                                                                   

Stephen Boggs, IHG, 770.604.5793, [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, over 3,800 hotels and more than 571,000 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.

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at http://www.ihg.com/ and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at http://www.priorityclub.com/.

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