HotelChatter - Tag: IHG Hotels

IHG Hotels Roll Out 'Suitcase Skittles' Gimmick

KatieK — 2009-11-10T10:52:28-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/17697/suitcase_skittles.jpg" class="top"> As if any of us needed more ways to procrastinate at work (read: waste time), we present Suitcase Skittles, a silly online game that at least comes with the chance of winning thousands of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/8/145156/948/hotels/HotelChatter_s_Guide_to_Loyalty_Programs_IHG_s_Priority_Club_Rewards">Priority Club Rewards</a> points. Heres how it works: Go to <a href="http://www.suitcaseskittles.com/">SuitcaseSkittles.com</a> (after reading the rest of this post, obviously). Play their quick game, which involves hurling a succession of eight suitcases at a pyramid of Mario-looking baggage handlers (poor things cant catch a break). After youve relieved your airport stress, enter your email address, or Priority Club Rewards ID number if youre already a member, submit, and voila! Youve been entered into their prize drawing to win 30,000, 60,000, or 100,000

Chicago: Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Wins Renovation of the Year

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-14T08:48:37-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/martplaza1.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Holiday+Inn+Chicago-Mart+Plaza/ian/108518">Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza</a> helped shed the shabby image typically associated with the budget hotel chain by winning Renovation-of-the-Year, an industry-wide award given by the InterContinental Hotel Group, for its makeover of the lobbies, restaurants and guest rooms. Adjacent to the Merchandise Mart and perched on top of the Chicago Apparel Center, the 521-room hotel got J/Brice Design International to give it a facelift. Major changes are visible in the lobby, where designers chose more moveable ottomans and similar backless seating over sofas so that guests could shift things around and their own congregating areas. The design company also put the focus on the viewthe hotel looks out over the Chicago River and the

IHG's Priority Club Now Offering Members 'Flights Anywhere'

juliana — 2009-09-16T09:27:55-05:00

<![CDATA[Staying in this pretty Hotel Indigo could earn you a free flight!<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/HISD_entrance.jpg" class="top"> If you're a member of the IHG Hotels' <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/10/8/145156/948/hotels/HotelChatter_s_Guide_to_Loyalty_Programs_IHG_s_Priority_Club_Rewards">Priority Club</a> loyalty program, you could be jetting off to your next vacation, courtesy of all your hard-earned rewards points. Today, the Priority Club has officially launched its <a href="http://www.priorityclub.com/flightsanywhere">"Flights Anywhere"</a> program that allows members to redeem their points for flights on more than 400 airlines worldwide, without restrictions on availability. You can even combine points and cash for flights, if you find yourself a little short or hesitant to binge on all your points for a flight. So far, Priority Club is the first and only hotel loyalty program that offers this option. However, as with

Secaucus: Sewage Dumping is Not Cool, Says IHG of Crowne Plaza Secaucus

juliana — 2009-09-10T12:18:50-05:00

Remember last week when it came out that the Crowne Plaza Secaucus was charged with dumping sewage waste into the New Jersey Meadowlands. Yeah, we were trying to forget about it ourselves but Intercontinental Hotel Group has sent us an official statement about the yucky situation.

IHG wanted to reiterate that the hotel is a franchised property that is independently owned and operated. However, just because IHG does not own the hotel, doesn't mean they don't care about the un-environmentally friendly practices that go on there.

San Diego: Hotel Indigo San Diego is Proof That a Big Chain Can Do 'Boutique' Right

juliana — 2009-07-21T16:32:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/HISD_entrance.jpg" class="top"> We've played <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/20/11168/3698/hotels/Guess_The_Hotel_s_Pretty_Business_Center_">Guess the Hotel</a> with you and we've shown you <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/20/161022/640/hotels/Inside_The_Hotel_Indigo_San_Diego_Home_of_The_Prettiest_Business_Center">the video tour</a>, but now let's really get down to talking about our experience at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Indigo+San+Diego/local/1517">Hotel Indigo San Diego</a>, the flagship property for the Hotel Indigo brand from InterContinental. The Lobby The Hotel Indigo has a great lobby. It's actually quite pretty, for lack of a better descriptive design adjective. Everything was simply calm and eye-pleasing. No loud music. No too-strange art pieces and no mood-lighting changing every five seconds. Since Hotel Indigo as a brand incorporates as much of the local culture as possible into the identity of the hotel, the lobby actually feels like someone's very upscale beach house