IHG® Rewards Club Launches Its Biggest Hotel Rewards Promotion Of The Year

ATLANTA, Aug. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is rewarding its loyal IHG^® Rewards Club members through its biggest hotel rewards promotion of the year called "The Big Win." Members will receive custom bonus offers of at least 50,000 IHG^® Rewards Club bonus points or at least 10,000 miles throughout the promotional period and will be awarded with 1,000 bonus points or 500 miles for their first night's stay. Members will begin to earn when they register and stay between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 2013 at any IHG hotel, including the InterContinental^® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza^® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo^® Hotels, Holiday Inn^® Hotels, Holiday Inn Resort^® Hotels, Holiday Inn Club Vacations^®, Holiday Inn Express^® Hotels, Staybridge Suites^® Hotels or Candlewood Suites^® Hotels brands.

"Reward program promotions are no longer 'one size fits all'," said Jim Sprigg, director, Database Marketing & CRM Solutions, IHG. "We created this promotion with each guest in mind, providing a set of offers and rewards tailored for the individual, not for the masses."

How it works:

• Current IHG^® Rewards Club members and new members can register for "The Big Win" hotel rewards promotion at ihgrewardsclub.com/win.
• To start, stay just one night at an IHG hotel and get 1,000 IHG Rewards Club bonus points or 500 miles
• Receive custom offers to "win" such as: stay more and earn more, stay on the weekend to win or explore our brands to name a few
• Stay again to keep 'winning'
• Track your offers and rewards via a customized Rewards Tracker at ihgrewardsclub.com/win

IHG's family of brands across 4,600 hotels ranges from an award-winning InterContinental resort to a city-center Holiday Inn hotel. IHG's scale and diversity means that our hotels can meet our guests' needs whatever the occasion – whether an overnight getaway, a business trip, a family celebration or a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

IHG Rewards Club, formerly Priority Club^® Rewards, is the world's first and largest hotel loyalty program with industry-leading benefits including no blackout dates for Reward Nights, fast track to Gold Elite status when guests explore IHG's family of nine trusted brands and points that never expire.

Visitors and guests can sign up online for IHG Rewards Club and all its benefits, on the spot, free of charge at any IHG hotel. 

About IHG Rewards Club
With more than 74 million members globally, IHG^® Rewards Club, formerly 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 eight years running by Global Traveler magazine, IHG^® Rewards Club offers sought-after benefits and is easy to use.  In addition to unique features like No Points Expiration, No Blackout Dates on Reward Nights, Points & Cash, Flights Anywhere™ and Hotels Anywhere, IHG^® Rewards Club members have hundreds of options for point redemption including: Reward Nights, music downloads, brand merchandise and retail gift cards. Enrollment in IHG Rewards Club is free. Guests can sign up at ihgrewardsclub.com, by calling 1-888-211-9874 or by inquiring at the front desk of any of IHG's 4,600+ hotels worldwide.

Notes to Editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of nine hotel brands, including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo® Hotels, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express® Hotels, Staybridge Suites® Hotels, Candlewood Suites® Hotels, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts.

IHG manages IHG® Rewards Club, the world's first and largest hotel loyalty programme with over 74 million members worldwide. The programme was relaunched in July 2013, offering enhanced benefits for members including free internet for Elites across all hotels, globally.

IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,600 hotels and 678,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate 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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SOURCE InterContinental Hotels Group