ATLANTA, Ga and HUNTINGTON BEACH, Ca. (September 26) -- USA Water Polo and IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced they have entered into a multi-year partnership that, beginning this month, will make IHG an official hotel partner of USA Water Polo. IHG owns a portfolio of well-recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites. IHG's loyalty program, Priority Club Rewards is the world's largest with 60 million members worldwide.
"We are extremely pleased to announce this new long-term relationship with USA Water Polo," said Del Ross, vice president, U.S. Sales & Marketing, IHG. "This partnership provides a terrific opportunity for IHG to showcase its eight brands and bring to life our award-winning loyalty program for USA Water Polo's membership base of players from around the country."
"IHG will take full advantage of the multitude of media platforms available within USA Water Polo," said Jennifer Rottenberg, Chief Marketing Officer, USA Water Polo. "We are confident that the IHG portfolio of brands will become the place to stay for participants and fans attending events both here at home and around the globe."
About IHG IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global company operating seven well-known 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 program with almost 60 million members worldwide.
IHG is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms and IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, a portfolio of over 4,400 hotels and more than 656,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world.
IHG has more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline and expects to recruit around 160,000 people worldwide 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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About USA Water Polo
USA Water Polo, Inc. is the national governing body for water polo in America, overseeing our United States Olympic program as well as 20 different championship events annually, such as Junior Olympics and Masters National Championships. With more than 40,000 members, USAWP is also the sanctioning authority for more than 500 Member Clubs and more than 400 tournaments nationwide. USAWP is committed to the development of the sport nationwide. It fosters grass-roots expansion of the sport, providing a national system of affiliated clubs, certified coaches and officials.
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