Last day to book these IHG Rewards Club redemptions before prices rise

Tomorrow, May 1st, 300 hotels in the IHG Rewards Club loyalty scheme (which covers Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) go up in points cost.

If you think that you may need a room in one of the impacted cities at any point in the next 12 months, you may want to head over to ihg.com and lock down a room.

Remember …..

IHG Rewards Club redemptions can be cancelled online

You get all your points back – instantly

There is therefore NO RISK in booking rooms on spec

The full list of properties going up in the price – and the 150 hotels coming down in price – can be found here on the IHG website.  Clicking on the phrase ‘approximately 450 hotels’ opens a PDF.

Here is a summary of ALL the UK hotels going up plus a sample of the international ones (InterContinental only) in major cities:

London:

Holiday Inn Wembley up from 10,000 to 20,000 (review)

Holiday Inn Stratford (Westfield) up from 25,000 to 35,000 (review)

Holiday Inn Brent Cross up from 20,000 to 30,000

Holiday Inn Express Wimbledon South up from 15,000 to 25,000

Holiday Inn Commercial Road up from 20,000 to 30,000

Holiday Inn Express Hammersmith up from 30,000 to 35,000

Regions:

Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre up from 20,000 to 30,000

Holiday Inn Express Bristol North up from 15,000 to 25,000

Holiday Inn Express Liverpool Hoylake up from 10,000 to 15,000

Holiday Inn Milton Keynes up from 20,000 to 30,000

Holiday Inn Stoke on Trent up from 15,000 to 20,000

Holiday Inn Plymouth up from 20,000 to 25,000

Holiday Inn Express Slough up from 15,000 to 25,000

Holiday Inn Express Windsor up from 10,000 to 20,000

Three Glasgow hotels go up by 10,000 points per night

Selected InterContinental properties internationally:

InterContinental Hong Kong up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam up from 40,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Dubai Festival City up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto up from 40,000 to 50,000

InterContinental ANA Tokyo up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Presidente Resort Cancun up from 25,000 to 30,000

InterContinental Presidente Resort Cozumel up from 30,000 to 40,000

InterContinental Hangzhou up from 25,000 to 30,000

InterContinental Hua Hin Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000

InterContinental Samui Baan Taling Ngam Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000

InterContinental San Francisco up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Boston up from 45,000 to 50,000

InterContinental Danang Resort up from 25,000 to 35,000

If you want to book any of these properties, please head over to ihg.com TODAY!  Full details of all of the IHG Rewards Club changes, including the changes to status levels on July 1st, can be found on their site here.

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