To answer some questions, IHG did not contact me and ask me to remove the link, someone else (a private party) did and I did it for them. While I am still awaiting my friend to post his link under his name, I have responded to all PMs with full answers. If you need any details please feel free to PM me and I can explain anything you might need to know.
Also I want to point out very quickly that nothing illegal was done. This is a promotion that was created by IHG. Any IHG employee with access to Merlin (IHG computer software/newtork) can generate their own link. Whoever has their link used for the most bookings gets 1 million PC points. I am not employed by IHG, nor a franchisee of an IHG property. I work in the hospitality industry and used to work in hotels so I have many friends who I am happy to help out. I'm a nice guy like that

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