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IHG Destined launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 deals at 120 of its upscale hotels

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IHG, the group behind Kimpton, Regent, InterContinental etc, launched a new programme for luxury travel agents last year to encourage them to book for their clients.

‘IHG Destined’, as it is called, has now rolled out a substantial number of 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 deals. These are valid until 30th June 2026.

As usual, our booking partner Emyr Thomas (contact him here) can book these packages for you. You CANNOT book them on ihg.com.

IHG launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 via IHG Destined

What is IHG Destined?

IHG Destined is a special benefits plan which can only be accessed by invite-only luxury travel agents.

It covers selected Six Senses, Regent, InterContinental, Vignette, Kimpton and Hotel Indigo properties.

You can download a PDF with the full list here, albeit this list is from earlier in 2025.

What benefits do you get with IHG Destined?

All bookings will receive the following:

  • $100 hotel credit per stay (not valid against room rate)
  • full breakfast for two guests
  • room upgrade, subject to availability
  • welcome amenity
  • early check-in and late check-out, subject to availability

Is there a minimum stay requirement?

Some cheaper properties may have a minimum stay requirement, potentially two nights, but there is no list we can share. Many will give the benefits on a one-night stay.

What rate do you pay?

You pay the equivalent of the Best Flexible Rate showing on ihg.com. This means that you will be paying more than you would if you were happy to book a non-refundable rate, but even then the benefits should more than make up the difference.

You receive your IHG One Rewards points and night credit as usual.

IHG launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 via IHG Destined

Here are the hotels offering special IHG Destined deals

These hotels are offering 3-4-2 deals via IHG Destined:

  • Six Senses Kyoto
  • Regent Beijing
  • Regent Hong Kong
  • Regent Phu Quoc
  • Regent Santa Monica Beach
  • Regent Shanghai On The Bund
  • Regent Shanghai Pudong
  • InterContinental Al Ahsa
  • InterContinental Athens Palace Bucharest
  • InterContinental Auckland
  • InterContinental Bangkok Sukhumvit
  • InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun
  • ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa
  • InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta
  • InterContinental Chantilly Chateau Mont Royal
  • InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile
  • InterContinental Dominica Cabrits Resort & Spa
  • InterContinental Dubai Festival City
  • InterContinental Dubai Marina
  • InterContinental Fujairah Resort
  • InterContinental Geneve
  • InterContinental Grand Seoul Parnas
  • InterContinental Hangzhou Liangzhu
  • InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef
  • InterContinental Hua Hin Resort
  • InterContinental Jeddah
  • InterContinental Kaohsiung
  • InterContinental Khao Yai Resort
  • InterContinental London Park Lane
  • InterContinental Madrid
  • InterContinental Managua At Metrocentro Mall
  • InterContinental Muscat
  • InterContinental Osaka
  • InterContinental Pattaya Resort
  • InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort
  • InterContinental Phuket Resort
  • InterContinental Ras Al Khaimah Resort And Spa
  • InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai FC
  • InterContinental Residences Abu Dhabi
  • InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk
  • InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland
  • InterContinental Singapore
  • InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay
  • InterContinental Sydney Double Bay
  • InterContinental The Strings Tokyo
  • InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf
  • InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8
  • Vignette Collection Aldhafra Resort
  • Vignette Collection Dinso Resort & Villas Ko Chang
  • Vignette Collection Hotel X Brisbane Fortitude Vly
  • Vignette Collection Moire Hoi An
  • Kimpton Clocktower Hotel Manchester
  • Kimpton De Witt Amsterdam
  • Kimpton Epic Hotel
  • Kimpton Gray Hotel
  • Kimpton Harper Hotel
  • Kimpton Kitalay Samui
  • Kimpton Las Mercedes
  • Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella
  • Kimpton Maa-lai Bangkok
  • Kimpton Pittman Hotel
  • Kimpton Qiantan Shanghai
  • Kimpton Santo San Antonio – Riverwalk
  • Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo
  • Kimpton The Forum Hotel
  • Kimpton Vividora Hotel
  • Hotel Indigo Bintan Lagoi Beach
  • Hotel Indigo Hakone Gora
  • Hotel Indigo Inuyama Urakuen Garden
  • Hotel Indigo Jabal Akhdar Resort & Spa
  • Hotel Indigo Karuizawa
  • Hotel Indigo Nagasaki Glover Street
IHG launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 via IHG Destined

These hotels are offering 4-4-3:

  • Six Senses Krabey Island
  • Six Senses Rome
  • Regent Taipei
  • InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam
  • InterContinental Barcelona
  • InterContinental Bora Bora Resort Thalasso Spa
  • InterContinental Chiang Mai The Mae Ping
  • InterContinental Costa Rica At Multiplaza Mall
  • InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
  • InterContinental Dhaka
  • InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa
  • InterContinental Edinburgh The George
  • InterContinental Houston
  • InterContinental Koh Samui Resort
  • InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown
  • InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort
  • InterContinental Miami
  • InterContinental Miramar Panama
  • InterContinental Nanjing
  • InterContinental Paris – Champs-Elysees Etoile
  • InterContinental Presidente Mexico City
  • InterContinental Presidente Monterrey
  • InterContinental Real Guatemala
  • InterContinental Real Santo Domingo
  • InterContinental Rome Ambasciatori Palace
  • InterContinental San Salvador-metrocentro Mall
  • InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort
  • InterContinental Seattle Bellevue
  • InterContinental Shanghai Pudong
  • InterContinental Sofia
  • InterContinental Sydney
  • InterContinental Tashkent
  • InterContinental The Willard Washington D.c.
  • ANA InterContinental Tokyo
  • InterContinental Xiamen
  • Vignette Collection Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
  • Vignette Collection Shanghai Snow World Hotel
  • Kimpton Angler’s Hotel South Beach
  • Kimpton Atlantico Algarve
  • Kimpton Bem Budapest
  • Kimpton Blythswood Square Hotel & Spa
  • Kimpton Charlotte Square
  • Kimpton Fitzroy London
  • Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort And Spa
  • Kimpton Hotel Palomar Beverly Hills
  • Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia
  • Kimpton La Peer Hotel
  • Kimpton Margot Sydney
  • Kimpton Riverplace Hotel
  • Kimpton Sawyer Hotel
  • Kimpton Shorebreak Resort
  • Kimpton Virgilio
  • Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman
  • Hotel Indigo Guadalajara Expo
IHG launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 via IHG Destined

These hotels are offering 5-4-4:

  • Six Senses Kaplankaya
  • Six Senses Samui
  • Regent Bali Canggu
  • Regent Porto Montenegro
  • InterContinental Athenaeum Athens
  • InterContinental Bahrain
  • InterContinental Bangkok
  • InterContinental Berlin
  • InterContinental Dongguan
  • InterContinental Dublin
  • InterContinental Lisbon
  • InterContinental Perth City Centre
  • InterContinental Porto – Palacio Das Cardosas
  • InterContinental Presidente Cozumel Resort Spa
  • InterContinental Residences Dubai Business Bay
  • InterContinental Shenzhen Dameisha Resort
  • Vignette Collection Dinso Resort & Villas Phuket
  • Vignette Collection Sindhorn Midtown Hotel Bangkok
  • Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa
  • Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak Beach
  • Hotel Indigo Bangkok Wireless Road
  • Hotel Indigo Brisbane City Centre
  • Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown
  • Hotel Indigo Melbourne On Flinders
  • Hotel Indigo Rome – St. George
  • Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong
IHG launches 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 via IHG Destined

These hotels are offering 7-4-6:

  • Six Senses Yao Noi
  • InterContinental Amman
  • InterContinental Bali Resort
  • InterContinental Chengdu Global Center
  • InterContinental Citystars Cairo
  • InterContinental Hangzhou ICC
  • InterContinental Indianapolis
  • InterContinental Malta
  • InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut
  • Vignette Collection Convent Square Lisbon
  • Vignette Collection Souma Hotel
  • Kimpton Main Frankfurt
  • Hotel Indigo Florence
  • Hotel Indigo Tokyo Shibuya

How do you book?

You need to contact our luxury hotel booking partner, Emyr Thomas, by filling in the form on this page of HfP.

Emyr will come back to you to confirm the rate (which should match Best Flexible Rate), the extra benefits and any minimum stay requirement. ‘IHG Destined’ cancellation rules should match those for a Best Flexible Rate booking.

Remember that all IHG Destined bookings, even with a free night attached, come with:

  • $100 hotel credit per stay (not valid against room rate)
  • full breakfast for two guests
  • room upgrade, subject to availability
  • welcome amenity
  • early check-in and late check-out, subject to availability

You don’t pay Emyr. You pay at check-out as usual (except for any deposit which is required) which also means that you will trigger any American Express / IHG cashback offers which may be running when you stay. He will need to take a card number for guarantee purposes.

Unlike some luxury travel advisors, Emyr charges NO booking fees and NO amendment fees. You only pay the hotel.

You can download the PDF list of IHG Destined hotels here (early 2025 version). ‘Free night’ offers are only available at the hotels listed above.

You can contact Emyr here.

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Comments (77)

  • Boon says:
    21 Jul21 July 08:37

    Are there blackout dates for the free night rates?

    Searching for the IC Kaohsiung in Taiwan for new years eve dates (30 Dec to 2 Jan) with travel agents and it’s not showing the 3 for 2 rate, but it is available for other dates in Dec and Jan…

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  • Hilda M says:
    21 Jul21 July 08:57

    Surprised to see IC Park Lane on the 3 for 2 list – had been planning to use my Amb weekend cert there: could be a good 5 day stay.

    I stayed at the IC Dubai Festival City and Marina earlier this year (both 3 for 2) – if you have a Club Access cert, would be very good value: both have good lounges, especially the FC.

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    • Cheapskate Flyer says:
      21 Jul21 July 11:55

      There’s a lot of promotional offers around for Park Lane these days, the high headline rates are there for the many who are willing to pay them but the hotel also needs the business of those who are willing to pay a premium over less luxury hotels but not quite the full asking price.

      Reply
      • TGLoyalty says:
        21 Jul21 July 13:34

        They badly need to refurb the ‘classic’ rooms while not tired they are so out of date compared to all the local competition Luxury or not

        Reply
  • AnotherUser says:
    21 Jul21 July 09:12

    Emyr was quite happy to do that for me via email when the rate dropped – an excellent service.

    Reply
    • meta says:
      21 Jul21 July 11:12

      How many times? If I book something 9 months in advance, I would usually do that at least five to six times if not more. I check all my bookings on a weekly basis. Maybe once or twice is fine, but I think it would be annoying to him and me. Plus the delay in getting response and having to write an email or call or message, it takes much less to do it on the app.

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      • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
        21 Jul21 July 11:23

        I’ve replied to your earlier comment on this,

        Reply
      • Emyr Thomas says:
        21 Jul21 July 12:10

        Once the IHG Destined rate code is attached to the booking you can check for cheaper rates and update the booking quite easily from your IHG account. I will be happy to amend for you if you see a cheaper rate is available as well.

        Reply
  • captaindave says:
    21 Jul21 July 09:50

    Have a 3 night stay planned for Amsterdam in early September ( just flights booked) Would the Kimpton de Witt be decent value on the 342 deal ? Is it a good location for a first time ( embarrasingly ! ) visitor ?

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    • BlairWaldorfSalad says:
      21 Jul21 July 10:38

      Yeah good location for any time visitor. It’s at the train station end of the main shopping drag.

      Reply
      • meta says:
        21 Jul21 July 11:14

        It’s not really a good location for the main sights. Most attractions and museums are good half an hour walk if not more. I also don’t rate that hotel very highly in terms of design and service.

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        • captaindave says:
          21 Jul21 July 11:16

          Thanks for info both

          Reply
        • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
          21 Jul21 July 11:29

          I find it to be a very good location.

          There are tram stop very close to the Hotel – 2 trams go to the Museumplein (for the Rijks and Van Gogh) and 2 take you close to the Anne Frank House.

          A short 5 minute walk to Centraal Station or the Dam stops opens up additional routes .

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    • Cheapskate Flyer says:
      21 Jul21 July 12:01

      The Kimpton is the old Crowne Plaza, and personally I think the location is handy, everything is walkable. I prefer the IC Amstel though, it has a nice touch of class about it

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    • memesweeper says:
      21 Jul21 July 12:47

      great hotel, perfect location

      Reply
      • Rob says:
        21 Jul21 July 15:47

        I think staying on a canal is better (eg Andaz if you want a chain option). There’s just something weird (for Amsterdam) about being in the Kimpton with all the traffic under your window when you could be looking out on a canal.

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        • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
          21 Jul21 July 17:37

          ‘all the traffic’

          Due to some road changes over the last couple of years there is now very little traffic on Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

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          • Rob says:
            21 Jul21 July 17:49

            That’s good news. The trams still go past though?

          • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
            21 Jul21 July 17:59

            Yes but you can barely hear the clanging of the bell.

          • meta says:
            21 Jul21 July 20:03

            But it’s the main through road, it’s not just trams. I think the area is not nice and quite dead. I’d not stay as a first timer.

  • Grant C00per says:
    21 Jul21 July 09:54

    Is it possible to do searches ourselves and then ask emyr to book it?
    Would prefer not to waste someone else’s time doing searches that might not amount to anything

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    • kpworldtravels says:
      21 Jul21 July 10:56

      You can check the non-member fully flexible rate (best available rate) on the website and aly the 3-4-2 or 4-4-3 etc., to get an idea.

      Reply
    • Boon says:
      21 Jul21 July 11:24

      This is what I do.
      I have two online platforms that surfaces these travel agent rates, so I can see if they’re available for the property and dates, and also the price.

      Then I contact my UK based travel agent (not Emyr) to book.

      Not sure if I’m allowed to recommend services here? So erring on the side of caution.

      Reply
      • BBbetter says:
        21 Jul21 July 11:38

        Can you share the online platforms? Surely they wont be competing with this website?

        Reply
    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:
      21 Jul21 July 11:35

      Yes.

      Just do a search on the IHG website or app and look for the “non member best flexible rate” and adjusting the cost down by a 1/3rd which I found to replicate Emys rate very closely.

      Reply
    • Emyr Thomas says:
      21 Jul21 July 12:12

      Hi Grant,
      More than happy to check for all potential bookings, whether it ends up being confirmed or not – no need to worry about wasting my time (although it is appreciated!) as it’s part of the course.

      Reply
  • JDB says:
    21 Jul21 July 10:06

    Seeing a few Six Senses on the list, it will be interesting to see how the group fares following the very recent departure of Neil Jacobs. He was the one man who protected SS from being IHGed into declining standards, something NJ was obsessed with preserving. He really understands top level hospitality. Six Senses seems to sit rather uncomfortably in the IHG portfolio.

    One of NJ’s new roles is as a strategic advisor to Capella which, although relatively new, operates at a far higher quality level than these IHG properties.

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    • kpworldtravels says:
      21 Jul21 July 10:59

      Six Senses is hit and miss. Some amazing properties and some very lacklustre properties.

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      • JDB says:
        21 Jul21 July 13:02

        Six Senses just shouldn’t be part of one of these big chains which are more focussed on trying to lower standards, don’t ensure compliance with supposed brand guidelines and simply have no concept of luxury properties. It’s been great for smaller operators who have capitalised on attracting those guests that have noticed.

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    • Cheapskate Flyer says:
      21 Jul21 July 11:57

      Costcutting and brand dilution is the name of the game for these hotel chains. It’s hard to know what each individual brand stands for

      Reply
    • TGLoyalty says:
      21 Jul21 July 13:35

      How do you think the London property will land?

      Reply
      • Rob says:
        21 Jul21 July 15:44

        It’s like Park Hyatt. Everyone saying that the location doesn’t matter if your property is great. Didn’t work well for Park Hyatt from what I can tell.

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        • JDB says:
          21 Jul21 July 16:44

          I know you don’t like Queensway Rob and I know it isn’t your preferred Queen’s Gate but the Six Senses location is a whole different kettle of fish to the PH, a brand I normally like.

          The Whiteleys Six Senses is right next to Westbourne Grove and a short walk to Notting Hill with all their shops and restaurants, great restaurants in Queensway itself (now including the Park which is excellent) it’s incredibly well connected transport wise – road, tube, rail, short walk to Kensington Gardens and I walk to Knightsbridge or Sloane Square from there through the Park.

          Apart from location, I don’t think the PH is quite right in its style – rather functional and sterile so very unremarkable. The Peninsula rather surprisingly doesn’t seem to have it quite right on that front either. The Six Senses is looking a whole lot more promising in its design and décor.

          I think the bigger issue is whether London can actually support the raft of recent and forthcoming hotel openings at the top end with the pricing envisaged in their business plans.

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          • Rob says:
            21 Jul21 July 17:53

            Notting Hill has never attracted top hotels either! Let’s see though.

            In truth, both of those hotels are loss leaders to sell the associated branded apartments. Any losses will be sustained at least as long as it takes to sell all those.

            It’s interested to see Park Hyatt now openly advertising full buy-outs of the hotel for conferences or corporate groups, which isn’t something you often see publicly promoted in the London market.

        • Gordon says:
          21 Jul21 July 18:01

          I ditched the Park Hyatt SGN for a possible stay in Q4, because it does not have a Club Lounge!

          And the club room rates are not cheap! In fact the standard room rate and suite rates are not too far apart, but no club Lounge no deal.

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          • JDB says:
            21 Jul21 July 18:31

            Most Park Hyatts and other hotels aspiring to be at the higher levels don’t have lounges in (m)any of their properties. They take it that guests can afford to use better facilities to eat or drink and enjoy the location they are in rather than hanging around a ‘free’ lounge.

          • Gordon says:
            21 Jul21 July 18:59

            I can afford to afford to use better facilities to eat or drink, and also enjoy the location, but the whole point of a Lounge is to enjoy a couple of aperitifs, and canapés before enjoying the better facilities, after all that is what a lounge is for isn’t it?

          • Gordon says:
            21 Jul21 July 19:01

            P.S. Lounges are not free, as you have previously mentioned on a few occasions, we all end up paying for the supposedly free things in these properties one way or another.

          • JDB says:
            21 Jul21 July 19:21

            Well, yes that’s why I put the word free in single inverted commas! Personally I find most lounges incredibly soulless, low ambiance places vs the outside world, although in HCMC I’m not so sure. I think that, irrespective of the lounge, you made a good choice giving the PH there a swerve. If you want a good hotel in HCMC with a really tip top lounge that isn’t at all like a lounge, go to the Reverie, a proper hotel.

          • Gordon says:
            21 Jul21 July 19:56

            Noted – Single inverted commas!

            I always find a lounge is a good base to unwind and relax, and also a chatting travel, with willing fellow guests.

            I am only in HCM for a couple of days, as I have visited before, and it’s not my top choice of city in Vietnam, it just suited my tour schedule as a starting point.
            Appreciate the tip on the Reverie, I will take a look.

  • Rob says:
    21 Jul21 July 12:02

    No (unless you are adding 2 days to a booking made under this promo).

    Reply
  • Garethgerry says:
    21 Jul21 July 12:07

    Rather than 544, would you go for 2 times 342

    Reply

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