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Expedia and InterContinental Hotels Group Sign New Long-Term Booking Agreement
Consumers will be able to book InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) hotels on Expedia® sites globally due to a multi-year agreement between the two companies.
The agreement will result in the addition of more than 3,700 hotels across all IHG brands—including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites—to the hotel selection on Expedia and hotels.com® branded points of sale globally, as well as Hotwire® and Expedia® Corporate Travel.
"IHG continually seeks to extend the reach of our brands to deliver our customers additional convenience in booking their accommodations and we are delighted to work with Expedia in such a way that will greatly benefit our guests," said Eric Pearson, IHG's senior vice president, distribution marketing.
IHG properties are currently available on Hotwire.com™. They will be available on Expedia Corporate Travel by December 2007, with all participating hotels becoming available on Expedia and hotels.com branded sites globally in 2008. To book hotels on Expedia.com®, visit its website at www.expedia.com. To book hotels on Hotwire™, visit its website at www.hotwire.com. To book hotels on hotels.com®, visit its site at www.hotels.com.
About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom is one of the world's largest hotel groups by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800 hotels and more than 571,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 37 million members worldwide.
The company pioneered the travel industry's first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG's global corporate responsibility focus.
For more information about IHG, visit www.ihg.com.
About Expedia, Inc.
Expedia, Inc. is the world's leading online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers with the tools and information they need to easily research, plan, book and experience travel. Expedia, Inc. also provides wholesale travel to offline retail travel agents and in-destination concierge service and activity desks for travelers. The Expedia, Inc. portfolio of brands includes: Expedia.com®, hotels.com®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Corporate Travel, TripAdvisor®, Expedia Local Expert™, Classic Vacations® and eLong™.
Expedia, Inc.'s companies operate more than 50 global points of sale with sites in North America, South America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Expedia, Inc. was recently added to the S&P 500 index. For more information about Expedia, Inc., visit www.expediainc.com.