26 August 2011

IHG's Priority Club® Rewards Announces Global Fall Promotion

Earn up to 80,000 bonus points with the "points multiplier" for stays beginning Sept.15 

ATLANTA -IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) today announces its global fall promotion which will award Priority Club® Rewards members with 500* bonus Priority Club® points or 100 airline miles+ for each qualifying night Sept. 15 - Dec. 31, 2011, at any InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn® Club Vacations, Holiday Inn® Express, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® property worldwide.

An industry first, IHG is implementing a "multiplier" to its fall promotion, which allows members to earn additional bonus points or miles by staying at more than one IHG hotel brand during the promotion period. The more IHG hotel brands members stay at during the promotion increases the number of bonus points or miles earned. Stay in at least two IHG hotel brands and earn 2x the points or miles, three brands gets you 3x the points or miles and four brands earns 4x the points or miles. Members can earn up to 80,000 points, enough for two nights at The Venetian or The Palazzo InterContinental Alliance Resorts in Las Vegas or four nights at the Staybridge Suites Times Square-New York City, for example. Alternatively, members can earn up to 16,000 bonus miles. Points or miles earned from to the "multiplier" will be calculated after Dec. 31, 2011 and awarded by Jan. 31, 2012.

To participate in the fall promotion^, register at www.priorityclub.com/upto80000. Full terms and conditions and information on how to join Priority Club Rewards for free will also be available on the website. Follow Priority Club Rewards on Twitter for tips, deals and to share your travel adventures.

Up to 20,000 bonus points

Up to 4,000 bonus miles

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About Priority Club Rewards
With 60 million members globally, IHG's Priority Club Rewards is the first, largest and fastest-growing guest loyalty program in the hotel industry.  Named Best Hotel Rewards Program in the World six years running by Global Traveler magazine and Best Hotel Loyalty Program for four consecutive years by Business Traveler magazine, Priority Club Rewards offers more sought-after benefits and the greatest ease of use of any hotel loyalty program.  In addition to flexible features like No Points Expiration, No Blackout Dates, Points & Cash and Flights AnywhereTM, Hotels Anywhere, Priority Club Rewards members have more options for point redemption than any other hotel loyalty program. Members can redeem points not only for Reward Nights, but also for airline miles on more than 40 partner airlines, for auto rentals, for gift certificates and for hundreds of products available in the rewards catalog.  And Priority Club Rewards is the only hotel loyalty program to allow members to create their own reward. With Priority Club® Rewards Concierge, if members can't find what they want amongst the thousands of reward options, then the Priority Club Rewards Concierge will find the perfect reward for them. Enrollment in Priority Club Rewards is free. Guests can enroll by logging onto priorityclub.com, by calling 1-888-211-9874 or by inquiring at the front desk of any of IHG's more than 4,400 hotels worldwide.

Media Contacts:
Monica Smith, IHG, [email protected], +1(770) 604-5562
Suzette Meade, Weber Shandwick, [email protected], +1(212) 445-8483

Notes to Editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [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 almost 60 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 656,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world

IHG has more than 1,100 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.

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com/ and information for the Priority Club Rewards program at www.priorityclub.com/. For our latest news visit www.ihg.com/media, Twitter www.twitter.com/ihgplc or YouTube www.youtube.com/ihgplc

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