Crowne Plaza Franchise News

PGA TOUR Players and Facebook Fans Rally to Benefit Four Charities at the Crowne Plaza® Invitational at Colonial
May 23, 2012 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA – PGA TOUR golfers at this year’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial will be playing for more than the traditional plaid jacket. The entire PGA TOUR field will be working even harder to shoot low scores over the weekend to support the Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts “Charity Foursome” program, benefiting four charities – Birdies for the Brave, Shelter In A Storm, Cook Children’s Medical Center and The First Tee of Fort Worth, Texas. During Saturday and Sunday rounds, each golf pairing will be playing for one of the four charities with IHG’s (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts brand donating $100 for every birdie and $500 for every eagle made to the pairing’s corresponding charity, up to $50,000...

PGA TOUR Professional Drives New Multi-Media Campaign Premiering April 14
April 12, 2012 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA – Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts announced today the launch of a multi-media advertising campaign starring PGA TOUR professional Rickie Fowler. The upscale hotel brand has signed Fowler for the 2012 golf season and will execute a multi-channel campaign designed to elevate the fresh, contemporary spirit of Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts. One of the most recognizable and stylish golfers on the PGA TOUR, Fowler will appear in television, print and online ads showcasing his unique personality. The broadcast spot titled “It’s Good to be Rickie,” launches April 14 and brings to life the comfortable accommodations, numerous amenities and value propositions offered by Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts for business and leisure travelers alike...

Revitalized 26,000 Square Feet of Meeting Space Designed for Business and Social Events
April 09, 2012 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA – IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], today announces the opening of the completely renovated Crowne Plaza Danbury, formerly the Danbury Plaza Hotel.
Located near numerous businesses and corporate offices in Danbury, Conn., just off Interstate 84 at 18 Old Ridgebury Road, the five-story, 242-room hotel offers first-class luxury accommodations; an urban and sophisticated design, using a mix of bright and muted colors that has transformed the hotel’s appearance; exceptional meeting facilities; and close proximity to leisure attractions.
For meeting and events, the hotel’s 26,000 square feet of meeting space has been completely remodeled...

Hotel is the Second Crowne Plaza by Sociedad Hotelera Tequendama with IHG in Colombia.
January 31, 2012 // Franchising.com // MIAMI – IHG [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], one of the most experienced hotel companies in Latin America, announcesthe opening of the Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogota, located adjacent to the iconic, 573-room Crowne Plaza Tequendama Bogota. Both properties are owned by Sociedad Hotelera Tequendama.
The 30-story, 271-suite Crowne Plaza Suites Tequendama Bogotais located at the International Center Tequendama, a mixed-use building featuring meetings facilities, offices and apartments. It is just minutes from downtown and the financial district, modern shopping malls, gourmet restaurants and cultural attractions...

Crowne Plaza Guests Can Earn Nike Golf Equipment and the Chance to Perfect Their Swing With Stewart Cink
ATLANTA, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IHG's Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts is offering golf fans the chance to perfect their putt, swing, or drive through its ″Get a Better Game″ stay-and-earn promotion. From now until Dec. 31, 2011, guests who register for the promotion and stay at Crowne Plaza Hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin America can earn free Nike Golf gear. In addition, the first registered guest who stays 50 nights during the promotional period will play the round of their life, with a spot in the Pro Am at the 2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial with Nike Golf pro Stewart Cink*.
″We know our Crowne Plaza guests want business travel to be productive, but it can also be fun and rewarding...

August 19, 2011 // Franchising.com // MÉXICO, D.F. - IHG (InterContinental® Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] and the Real Estate Group RICSHER, S.A. de C.V. have opened the doors to the new Crowne Plaza Tuxpan, Mexico.

"We're very excited to open this Crowne Plaza in Tuxpan, which is a growing market with a very strong tourism projection, since it will be the closest beach destination to Mexico City when the new Autopista Mexico-Tuxpan highway is completed," said Gerardo Murray, regional vice president, Sales and Marketing, Mexico, IHG. "With some of the largest meeting space in the market combined with our comprehensive meetings program, the hotel is ideal for meetings and conferences."

The Crowne Plaza Tuxpan is in a prime location situated on Carretera a La Barra Rd Km 6...

Conference hotel centrally located in the university section of Albuquerque featuring 26,000 square feet of newly renovated meeting space August 17, 2011 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms today announces that the Crowne Plaza Albuquerque will open in Sept. 2011 following a brand change from a Hilton that included $14 million in renovations throughout the property. The 261-room hotel features 26,000 square feet of meeting space that includes an 8,000 square foot conference center and is conveniently located just six miles from the airport and three miles from historic Old Town.

The hotel is on a 14 acre oasis in the university and midtown district that captures the unique flavor and artistry of the popular Southwest New Mexico destination...

Crowne Plaza trials the world's first snore absorption room June 27, 2011 // Franchising.com // Snoring sufferers can finally sleep easy thanks to the first ever snore absorption room that's helping the sleep deprived tune out and nod off from their noisy partners. The new room, which is being trialled by Crowne Plaza is a result of research revealing more than half of UK couples are losing between one and five hours sleep a night due to the snoring and snuffling of their partners. That's up to a decade of lost sleep over a lifetime.

And the snore absorption room is not only set to cure sleepless nights, but potentially marriages as well. The research reveals three in ten couples have come close to splitting up because snoring is coming between them...

First Charleston-area Crowne Plaza provides easy access to explore the region's abundant cultural, shopping, dining and outdoor activities January 13, 2011 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announces the opening of the Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Convention Center. After a $13 million conversion from a Quality Inn & Suites, the hotel features newly designed guestrooms and over 5,000 square feet of meeting space.

The five-story, 166-room hotel is owned by Inland American Lodging Advisor, Inc., which also owns two additional IHG properties, including the Holiday Inn Harmon Meadow Secaucus, NJ and the Holiday Inn Express Clearwater Gateway, FL...

First Charleston-area Crowne Plaza provides easy access to explore the region's abundant cultural, shopping, dining and outdoor activities January 12, 2011 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announces the opening of the Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Convention Center. After a $13 million conversion from a Quality Inn & Suites, the hotel features newly designed guestrooms and over 5,000 square feet of meeting space.

The five-story, 166-room hotel is owned by Inland American Lodging Advisor, Inc., which also owns two additional IHG properties, including the Holiday Inn Harmon Meadow Secaucus, NJ and the Holiday Inn Express Clearwater Gateway, FL...

IHG continues expansion in Thailand with rebranding of Pan Pacific Bangkok October 04, 2010 // Franchising.com // Singapore - InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) today announced that a Crowne Plaza hotel will replace the Pan Pacific Bangkok, marking the entry of the brand to the capital of Thailand. The rebranding will come into effect 1 January 2011, making Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park the fifth IHG property in Bangkok.

The 241-room property takes its new name from Lumpini Park, the city's first public park. The hotel is located in the heart of Bangkok, close to the Siam Paragon Mall and is a short distance from the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, the Chulalongkorn University as well as a variety of entertainment, dining and retail options in the Silom area...

Green Grass Thinking August 16, 2010 // Franchising.com // In a bid to inject some creativity into traditional and often mundane business meetings, Crowne Plaza is laying fresh green grass in conference rooms at a number of its hotels across the UK and Ireland. The new rooms, filled with living grass, aim to stimulate creative thinking among business guests by helping them step away from a traditional office environment into an unconventional space.

According to research from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), which owns a stable of brands including Crowne Plaza, forty per cent of professionals lose focus within the first 20 minutes of a meeting, often as a result of their uninspiring surroundings.

Angela Whitlock, author of Walk on the Grass and professional speaker, said: "Research has shown that by the age of 25, as much as 98% of our creativity has vanished...

July 20, 2010 // Franchising.com // Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts and BMW Motorsport today announced a global partnership, building on their original UK sponsorship agreement.

As 'Official Partner of BMW Motorsport' the Crowne Plaza logo is visible on the BMW 320si WTCC cars in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and on the BMW M3 GT2s that compete in the American Le Mans Series, in the Le Mans Series and in the 24-hour classics.

IHG Chief Marketing Officer Tom Seddon says: "This is a fantastic opportunity for two like-minded brands to prove just how powerful partnerships can be. In addition to sharing the same markets and relentless commitment to great service, Crowne Plaza and BMW also share many of the same customers - together offering them a great lifestyle choice...

Crowne Plaza to donate $100 for every birdie and $500 for every eagle made on Saturday to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In a show of support for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, and to help increase awareness of breast cancer, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is hosting its second annual Pink Out celebration. The tournament is encouraging all fans (guys, you can do it!), officials, caddies and players to wear pink to the tournament on Saturday, May 29.

The tournament's title sponsor Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts will donate $100 for every birdie and $500 for every eagle made by a PGA Tour player during the Saturday round of the tournament. In 2009, the pros made 325 birdies and five eagles on Saturday, which would equate to a $35,000 donation to Komen for the Cure...

Hotel and Conference Center at Intersection of I-77 and I-480 Offers 10,000 square feet of flexible meeting space May 04, 2010 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced the opening of the Crowne Plaza Cleveland South - Independence, following a $4 million renovation that includes a new fitness center, new board room and upgrades throughout the hotel.

"We are excited to open at a location that is ideal for both business and leisure guests," said Alnashir Tejani, president of hotel owners Rockside Hospitality LLC. "It is the perfect facility for meetings and social events and it offers our guests the opportunity to experience Crowne Plaza's upscale experience...

Crowne Plaza launches the alternative wake up call April 28, 2010 // Franchising.com // Businesspeople can claw back 482* hours of wind down time, thanks to a new service from Crowne Plaza - the switch off at 7pm call. Selected hotels across Europe, Middle East and Africa have introduced the service in response to new research revealing that 60 per cent of professionals struggle to switch off their technology and wind down before they go to sleep.

With nearly a quarter of people saying they use work-related technology such as laptops, PDAs and mobiles immediately before bed, and almost a third not feeling relaxed before bed as a result, the new switch off at 7 call is designed to help guests at Crowne Plaza hotels get a better night's sleep...

To announce the relaunch on their hotel website, the Crowne Plaza hotel in Baton Rouge, LA is holding a Madness of March contest and is giving away thousands of free Priority Club points to their visitors. Baton Rouge, LA --(PR.com)-- Starting March 1, 2010 the Crowne Plaza hotel located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana will be holding a "Madness of March" Twitter contest to celebrate the re-launch of their hotel's website.

"Our in-house website design and development team went above and beyond the traditional hotel website design-mold to create a website that presented the high-quality of the Crowne Plaza to our guests," said Scott Lewis, the Web Services and Online Marketing Manager for Executive Hotel Management. "The website is still a work in progress as we continue to incorporate new features to make sure we offer our guests the best customer service possible, both on-and-offline...

New hotel provides access to airport, cruise port, and close proximity to Miami February 04, 2010 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced that the Crowne Plaza Fort Lauderdale Airport/Cruise has opened within close proximity of a number of Florida attractions, including this year's "Big Game" in Sun Life Stadium. The property is the third Crowne Plaza to open this year for IHG.

"We are excited to open just before "The Big Game", giving fans an opportunity to take part in everything that will be taking place in Miami and at the same time, the opportunity to experience Crowne Plaza's upscale guest experience," said Jay Patel, President, FLL Hotels, Inc...

Recently renovated property is largest full-service hotel near airport January 13, 2010 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced that the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport has opened after undergoing a recent renovation. The 317-room property is the larger of only two full-service hotels in the Jacksonville airport area.

"We are excited about the recent renovations that have taken place at our hotel," said Mark Kane, general manager, Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport. "These improvements, along with being the largest and newest hotel near the Jacksonville airport, will allow us to provide an upscale guest experience for both business and leisure travelers visiting the city...

Recently renovated property is largest full-service hotel near airport January 13, 2010 // Franchising.com // ATLANTA - IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)], the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, today announced that the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport has opened after undergoing a recent renovation. The 317-room property is the larger of only two full-service hotels in the Jacksonville airport area.

"We are excited about the recent renovations that have taken place at our hotel," said Mark Kane, general manager, Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport. "These improvements, along with being the largest and newest hotel near the Jacksonville airport, will allow us to provide an upscale guest experience for both business and leisure travelers visiting the city...