Inter-Continental Hotels Launches Summer Promotion

ATLANTA— Inter-Continental is launching its new global summer promotion, called “Whole World Half Off,” offering leisure travelers the chance to stay at more than 135 hotels, in more than 70 countries, for half the normal price. The Whole World Half Off promotion is available at participating hotels from May 24 until September 8, 2002, in North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, and from June 14 through September 8, 2002, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rates begin at $105 at select hotels in the Americas and as low as $66 in Europe. Properties participating in this special offer include those in New York City and Paris, as well as those in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Moorea in French Polynesia, Wellington in New Zealand and San Juan in Puerto Rico. “Were introducing the `Whole World Half Off promotion as a means to stimulate international travel,” said Jeff Senior, vp of marketing for Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts in the Americas. “This promotion directly responds to consumer expectations of finding great deals this summer and at some of the worlds most highly regarded hotels.”