InterContinental Hotels & Resorts Extends Meeting Promotions

Savings, rewards and memorable meetings deliver results

ATLANTA - Featuring exceptional meeting and event facilities from coast to coast, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts announces a "win win" for meeting planners with two enticing promotions - "Up To A Million Priority Club® Points" or "10% Off Your Master Bill" - for meetings booked at InterContinental properties throughout the Americas. InterContinental Hotels & Resorts hotels offer meeting planners and participants enriching and invaluable event experiences while also maintaining a commitment to helping companies stay within budget.

"We're committed to providing meeting planners and attendees with even more value during this tough economic time, which is why we've chosen to extend our meetings promotions through 2010," said Gina LaBarre, vice president, Brand Delivery, the Americas, IHG. "In addition, we've seen that these promotions are effective in helping our hotels secure group business - it's a clear win-win for our guests and hotels!"

The "Up to a Million Bonus Points" promotion offers Priority Club Meetings Rewards members the opportunity to earn up to a million bonus Priority Club points for an eligible meeting at an InterContinental hotel or resort. Meetings must be booked by September 30 and held at any InterContinental hotel or resort in the U.S., Canada and Mexico by December 30, 2010. Priority Club bonus points can be redeemed in a variety of ways -- as meeting credits, airline miles, Reward Nights at InterContinental hotels, charitable donations and much more.

The "10% Off Your Master Bill" promotion offers both value and cost savings. Meeting planners are eligible for a 10% discount for qualified meetings booked by September 30 and held at participating InterContinental properties in the Americas between now and December 30, 2010. Additionally, alongside enjoying superior facilities and amenities, meeting delegates will receive 1,000 Priority Club points redeemable for future stays.

For terms, conditions and additional information on both promotions, please visit www.priorityclub.com/icmillion.

Featuring 55 hotels throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Central/South America, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts' Americas collection includes a myriad of meeting and event venues, including InterContinental New York Times Square - opening this summer, InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa Scottsdale, and the InterContinental San Francisco. Meeting and event examples include:

• InterContinental New York Times Square: 

Highlights include: 10,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, including a 4,000-square foot ballroom and 10 smaller meeting rooms on one designated floor. Additionally, the hotel's 2,700-square foot duplex Presidential Suite and 25 flexible suites featuring uninterrupted and expansive views of Manhattan can be utilized as event space. www.intercontinental.com/timessquare

• Willard InterContinental Washington D.C.: A grand historic landmark hotel located in the heart of Washington, D.C., the Willard InterContinental Washington D.C. has been the optimal place for meetings and events for 150 years. The hotel offers the "Willard Green Meeting Guide," a multi-optional, eco-conscious meeting structure incorporating environmental considerations throughout all the stages of meeting planning. Crafted to a planner's specifications, the Willard Green Meeting Guide offers sustainable food, beverage, supplies, amenities, and team-building eco-opportunities, all within a luxurious, urban, environmentally-friendly hotel setting. Highlights include: 22,000 square feet of conference and banquet space with 18 thoughtfully appointed function rooms of various sizes and styles. www.intercontinental.com/washington

• InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa Scottsdale:

The resort features more than 26,840 square-feet of indoor and 70,000 square-feet of outdoor flexible meting and event space. Highlights include: two ballrooms, two private dining rooms, six hospitality suites, two luxury suites (3,000 square feet), 14 breakout rooms, seven unique outdoor event locations, and Castillo Lucena (2,480 square feet). www.intercontinental.com/montelucia

• InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta: Nestled in the heart of city's most affluent community, the InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta is located at Atlanta's most famous address, Peachtree Road. The hotel is perfectly situated to accommodate elegant indoor and outdoor weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, corporate conferences or an upscale, talk-of-the-town gala. Highlights include: 33,000 square feet of meeting and function space, including two spectacular ballrooms, smaller meeting rooms and two intimate boardrooms. Additionally, the hotel features a 25,000 square foot garden which serves as an ideal location for outdoor events. www.intercontinental.com/buckhead

• InterContinental Boston: Where history and luxury meet, the InterContinental Boston is situated on Boston's glistening waterfront on the site of the Boston Tea Party and located at the base of the Financial District in the middle of one of the city's most exciting areas. Highlights include: more than 32,000 square feet of state-of-the-art event, meeting, conference, and banquet space with capacity to accommodate groups of 10 to 1,200. Designed on two dedicated levels, the hotel features 11 individual meeting rooms and two major ballrooms with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook Boston's historic waterfront. Accessible year-round to and from Logan International Airport via water taxi, the hotel includes a two-acre waterfront promenade for outdoor events. www.intercontinental.com/boston

• InterContinental Miami: Overlooking sparkling Biscayne Bay, InterContinental Miami captures all the city's excitement, energy and cultural diversity from the heart of the financial district. Highlights include: 80,000 square feet of meeting space on two dedicated levels, 30 meeting rooms and three ballrooms with the ability to accommodate 10 to 2,000 guests, along with a full team of onsite meeting planners. www.intercontinental.com/miami

Coming soon to InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is progressively launching a new global meetings program, which will tap into the local knowledge of our hotel associates to make life easier for event planners and meetings more memorable for delegates. As part of the new program, hotels will offer a range of delegate experiences that are rooted in the destination and draw on the local knowledge of hotel associates to create truly engaging, personalized meetings and events. Delegates will be energized by locally-inspired authentic experiences, whilst meeting planners will benefit from service that is more responsive, personalized and seamless. Other highlights of the new meeting program include interactive off-site team-building activities, access to stimulating local speakers, and the opportunity for delegates to contribute to projects that benefit the surrounding community and environment.

About InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has 166 hotels, located in more than 60 countries with local insight that comes from over 60 years of experience. At InterContinental we believe that superior, understated service and outstanding facilities are important, but what makes us truly different, is the genuine interest we show in our guests. Our desire is to help guests make the most of their time. We connect our well-traveled guests to what's special about a destination, by sharing our knowledge so they enjoy authentic experiences that will enrich their lives and broaden their outlook. For more information, visit www.intercontinental.com and www.intercontinentalvideo.com.

Media Contact:
Caroline Counihan
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts
[email protected]
(770) 604 2090

Notes to Editors:
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 4,400 hotels and more than 645,000 guest rooms in over 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®, and also manages the world’s largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards with 48 million members worldwide.

IHG has nearly 1,400 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 160,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

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