Priority Club® Rewards Announces Points Sale, Shopping Bonuses

ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Priority Club^® Rewards, the world's fastest-growing and most flexible hotel loyalty program, from IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has put thousands* of merchandise items and retail gift cards on sale just in time for the 2011 holiday season.

Through Nov. 30, Priority Club^® members can redeem for select brand name merchandise and retail gift cards at up to 15 percent off of their regular point redemption levels. For example, find house wares for only 5,500 points or luxury accessories for less than 20,000 points at www.priorityclub.com/redeemsale.

"Year after year, members turn to Priority Club Rewards to redeem for merchandise and gift cards between November and December," said Don Berg, vice president, Loyalty Programs, IHG. "Instead of using cash, Priority Club points have become the holiday shopping go-to currency for our members."

This holiday season it's just as advantageous to earn points as it is to redeem. Members can shop online at Priority Club^® Shopping to earn Priority Club bonus points whether in-store at U.S. retailers, or via priorityclubshopping.com at more than 600 top online retailers.

Now through Dec. 31 shop at PriorityClubShopping.com/Holiday2011 for special offers:

• Earn 300 Bonus Points, when you spend a minimum of $200
• Earn 600 Bonus Points, when you spend a minimum of $300
• Earn 1,000 Bonus Points, when you spend a minimum of $400
• Earn Double Points when shopping at select merchants
• Get blockbuster point deals on Black Friday (Nov. 25) and Cyber Monday (Nov. 28)

All season long, take Priority Club wherever you go with the Priority Club Rewards apps for iPhone^®, Android^® or Windows Phone^® for reservations and point redemption. And, stay connected on Twitter @PriorityClub and @IHG_Deals for news, travel and point tips, deals, and more.

Please visit priorityclub.com for full terms and conditions for the applicable point sales and availability to members in North America, UK, Germany, China, Japan and the Middle East.

About Priority Club Rewards

With more than 61 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 Anywhere™, 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 4,500 hotels worldwide.

Notes to editors:

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation operating seven 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 programme with over 61 million members worldwide.

IHG is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms and franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,500 hotels and more than 666,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories, and has more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline.  

IHG is committed to gender balance throughout its business. We aspire to continue retaining a minimum of 25% female representation on the Board.

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

Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and www.priorityclub.com for more on Priority Club Rewards. For our latest news, visit www.ihg.com/media, www.twitter.com/ihgplc or www.youtube.com/ihgplc.

* Total number globally; one hundred items on sale in the U.S.

SOURCE IHG Hotels & Resorts