Canadian PGA Announces IHG – (InterContinental Hotels Group) As Official Hotel
(ACTON, ON) February 15, 2011: The Canadian PGA announced today that the Association has partnered with IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) as the Official Hotel Chain of the Canadian PGA. The three-year agreement will benefit members of the association by offering a wide variety of accommodation options at impressive rates.
“We are thrilled about this partnership with IHG and all of their hotel brands”, said Canadian PGA Executive Director, Gary Bernard. “With over 3,700 Canadian PGA Members across the country this will be a very attractive benefit for our Professionals and their families.”
IHG is a global hotel company whose core purpose is to create Great Hotels Guests Love. IHG owns, operates and franchises over 4,500 hotels with more than 650,000 rooms in over 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG operates seven of the best-known and most popular hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels and Resorts, Hotel Indigo®,
Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express® Hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
“We are excited and thrilled to be partnering with the Canadian PGA, and see enormous potential and opportunity for the members of the association”, said Gopal Rao, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Canada for IHG. “Our extensive distribution of high quality hotels across Canada makes us a great fit to ideally meet the needs of the Canadian PGA.”
The Canadian PGA will kick-off the partnership by hosting their 2011 Annual General Meeting at the InterContinental Yorkville Hotel in Toronto. The Canadian PGA will also utilize the hotel partnership during National Championships and in the National Education Program.
“This is a category that was very important for us to pursue for our membership,” stated Jeff Dykeman, Director of Business Development & Brand for the Canadian PGA. “IHG has already been a terrific partner and we look forward to working with this fantastic brand for years to come.”
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For more information contact:
Kelly Dixon
Director of Communications & Marketing
Canadian PGA
kelly@cpga.com
800.782.5764 ext 234
About the Canadian PGA:
Established in 1911 and the second oldest professional golf association in the world, the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association is a non-profit Association comprised of 3,700 golf professionals across the country. The Association’s mandate is to develop, promote and support our Members as experts in the game and business of golf and, in so doing, serve both its Members’ needs and those of the golfing public through the Association’s varied programs and events. The Association consists of the National Office located in Acton, Ontario and nine Zone Offices across the country. For more information please visit www.cpga.com
About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, over 4,500 hotels and more than 650,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group 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 Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. We also manage the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards with 52 million members worldwide.
IHG has over 1,200 hotels in its development pipeline which we expect to create 160,000 jobs 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.
IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com. For our latest news visit www.ihgplc.com/media, YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/ihgplc or Twitter www.twitter.com/ihgplc.
“We are thrilled about this partnership with IHG and all of their hotel brands”, said Canadian PGA Executive Director, Gary Bernard. “With over 3,700 Canadian PGA Members across the country this will be a very attractive benefit for our Professionals and their families.”
IHG is a global hotel company whose core purpose is to create Great Hotels Guests Love. IHG owns, operates and franchises over 4,500 hotels with more than 650,000 rooms in over 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG operates seven of the best-known and most popular hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels and Resorts, Hotel Indigo®,
Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express® Hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
“We are excited and thrilled to be partnering with the Canadian PGA, and see enormous potential and opportunity for the members of the association”, said Gopal Rao, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Canada for IHG. “Our extensive distribution of high quality hotels across Canada makes us a great fit to ideally meet the needs of the Canadian PGA.”
The Canadian PGA will kick-off the partnership by hosting their 2011 Annual General Meeting at the InterContinental Yorkville Hotel in Toronto. The Canadian PGA will also utilize the hotel partnership during National Championships and in the National Education Program.
“This is a category that was very important for us to pursue for our membership,” stated Jeff Dykeman, Director of Business Development & Brand for the Canadian PGA. “IHG has already been a terrific partner and we look forward to working with this fantastic brand for years to come.”
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For more information contact:
Kelly Dixon
Director of Communications & Marketing
Canadian PGA
kelly@cpga.com
800.782.5764 ext 234
About the Canadian PGA:
Established in 1911 and the second oldest professional golf association in the world, the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association is a non-profit Association comprised of 3,700 golf professionals across the country. The Association’s mandate is to develop, promote and support our Members as experts in the game and business of golf and, in so doing, serve both its Members’ needs and those of the golfing public through the Association’s varied programs and events. The Association consists of the National Office located in Acton, Ontario and nine Zone Offices across the country. For more information please visit www.cpga.com
About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns, through various subsidiaries, over 4,500 hotels and more than 650,000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group 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 Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. We also manage the world's largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards with 52 million members worldwide.
IHG has over 1,200 hotels in its development pipeline which we expect to create 160,000 jobs 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.
IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com. For our latest news visit www.ihgplc.com/media, YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/ihgplc or Twitter www.twitter.com/ihgplc.