IHG Offers "The Big Reward" to Meeting Planners Across North America

New promotion gives meeting planners up to 500,000 Priority Club^® bonus points

ATLANTA -  IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms announced today its promotion, "The Big Reward" to incentivize those who book meeting space across its hotel brands including InterContinental^® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza^® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo^®, Holiday Inn^® Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn^® Express. "The Big Reward" gives meeting planners up to 500,000 bonus Priority Club^® points when they book rooms at participating IHG locations across North America.

"While we want to reward our loyal business travelers for staying with us when they travel for meetings, we also want to offer an extra incentive to the meeting planner behind it all," said Wayne Hamilton, director, Business Travel, U.S. Sales & Marketing, IHG. "There's a lot that goes into planning a meeting and it's important we recognize some of our most valued customers."

"The Big Reward" points earning structure varies for each hotel brand - planners can earn up to 500,000 Priority Club bonus points at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts; 250,000 at

Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts and 100,000 at Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts or Holiday Inn Express. Points are awarded depending on the number of room nights booked.

More than 500 North American hotels are participating in the promotion, with more locations added every day. As "The Place to Meet," all 175 Crowne Plaza hotels are offering "The Big Reward."

Crowne Plaza hotels offer groups a certified meeting planner, two-hour response time guarantee and a variety of meeting space to fit every meeting planner's needs.

To qualify for the promotion, rooms must be booked by Oct. 31, 2011, and consumed by Dec. 30, 2011. Priority Club points never expire and can be used for future hotel stays, airline tickets, retail and dining certificates and more. Enrollment in Priority Club Rewards is free at http://www.priorityclub.com/.

To find participating hotels, visit www.ihg.com/bigreward.

Media Contacts:
Amanda Stahl, IHG, [email protected], +1(770) 604-2868
Monica Smith, IHG, [email protected], +1(770) 604-5562

Notes to Editors:

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global company operating seven well-known 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®.  IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty program with 58 million members worldwide.

IHG is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms and IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, a portfolio of over 4,400 hotels and more than 652,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world.

IHG has more than 1,200 hotels in its development pipeline and expects to recruit around 160,000 people 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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