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IHG Rewards is the loyalty scheme for IHG hotels, which includes these brands: avid, Candlewood Suites, Crowne Plaza, EVEN, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, HUALUXE, InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, Six Senses, Staybridge Suites and voco.
Our main two-part introduction to IHG Rewards is here and you can learn more about the program on ihg.com here.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
More information on how you can earn more IHG Rewards points with the IHG credit card is here.
If you need to top up your account, you can buy IHG Rewards points here.
This is our review of the new club lounge at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris. I have run it separately from our main review of InterContinental Paris Le Grand, partly for reasons of length and .....
This is our review of the new club lounge at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris. I have run it separately from .....
11 Nov 202111 November 2021 • 29 comments
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....
10 Nov 202110 November 2021 • 12 comments
This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this week, I have been spending a lot of time in UK airports recently. My tour started in Luton .....
This is our review of the Holiday Inn Express at Luton Airport. For reasons which will be revealed later this .....
8 Nov 20218 November 2021 • 39 comments
If you are looking for somewhere different for a weekend break this Winter, InterContinental opened a hotel in Barcelona this week. It offers a new way to use your IHG Rewards points, or to use a .....
If you are looking for somewhere different for a weekend break this Winter, InterContinental opened a hotel in .....
29 Oct 202129 October 2021 • 15 comments
Whilst it has yet to inform anyone, Radisson Rewards has extended the elite status of all members by a year, to February 2023. This includes anyone who has Gold status by virtue of their American .....
Whilst it has yet to inform anyone, Radisson Rewards has extended the elite status of all members by a year, .....
29 Oct 202129 October 2021 • Leave a comment
What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of ‘mattress runs’ today. A ‘mattress run’ involves booking a .....
What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of .....
28 Oct 202128 October 2021 • 112 comments
In a move that will cause much grinding of teeth from IHG loyalists, and whoops of joy from Hyatt fans, Crowne Plaza London The City will rebrand on 1st March. The hotel will become Hyatt Regency .....
In a move that will cause much grinding of teeth from IHG loyalists, and whoops of joy from Hyatt fans, Crowne .....
21 Oct 202121 October 2021 • 24 comments
IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo etc, has brought back its generous promotion for new members. The snag, of course, is that .....
IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo .....
19 Oct 202119 October 2021 • 22 comments
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....
17 Oct 202117 October 2021 • 20 comments
We normally get to hear about new IHG hotels before they get anywhere near opening, but the new InterContinental Mina Al Arab resort in Ras Al-Khaimah seems to have popped out of nowhere. IHG has a .....
We normally get to hear about new IHG hotels before they get anywhere near opening, but the new .....
17 Oct 202117 October 2021 • 12 comments
Hotel news in brief: IHG Rewards launches a ‘Stay Longer’ offer IHG Rewards is running another of its occasional ‘Stay Longer’ offers, covering participating hotels in the UK .....
Hotel news in brief: IHG Rewards launches a ‘Stay Longer’ offer IHG Rewards is running another of .....
7 Oct 20217 October 2021 • 11 comments
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....
As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....
5 Oct 20215 October 2021 • 7 comments
Creation Financial Services, issuers of the IHG Rewards and (closed to new customers) Marriott Visa credit cards, made a very aggressive move on Friday in its dispute with Curve Card. It appears that .....
Creation Financial Services, issuers of the IHG Rewards and (closed to new customers) Marriott Visa credit .....
1 Oct 20211 October 2021 • 867 comments
News in brief: IHG’s Six Senses brand takes over a high end Maldives resort This certainly came out of the blue, but it is welcome news regardless. The Kanuhura resort in the Maldives, once .....
News in brief: IHG’s Six Senses brand takes over a high end Maldives resort This certainly came out of .....
23 Sep 202123 September 2021 • 16 comments
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