67/40/5 interesting data point

Lets not over complicate things. Just stick to my 5 nights a week for 30 weeks a year at $200 per night. And lets say my person is an independent contractor not affiliated with any company that my negotiate a rate. They chose the IC because they wanted to stay there for whatever reason, they like IC, it is right next to the company they will be consulting with whatever, non of that has any bearing on my question, why do they require multiple IC's.

But as Tim O'Brien just noted, it seems to not be a hard and fast requirement which would make sense as it is an invitation only status.

i'm guessing the multiple IC requirement is just to satisfy their franchisees, ie they share in the revenue/profitability, and have to also wear the costs for the mini bar benefits etc

Thank you very much Raynan. A little googling turned it up for me. This document is nice to see mainly because it confirms what I thought all along was true and what various IC staff have hinted to me over the years. It's funny, but this document will make sure I stay loyal to IC hotels because it affirms that they really see the value in us RA's.

Two points. One is you are absolutely correct that the chain values the fact that a regular guest at the Park Lane will spend x number of dollars at other IC's. They even break it down by region.

But regarding the mini-bar, what I've learned is that is such a tiny expense that it is insignificant in the overall cost of the scheme.

You are very welcome. This document also have in Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese version. I have all of them.

odd thing about this document, is it refers to "revenue, and not just Stays", when it's never been about "Stays", it's been about "Nights".

unlike Hilton (30 stays/60 nights/120K points), and say Hyatt (25 stays/50nights) for example

http://intercontinental-70thcelebrat...Ambassador.pdf now http://viewfromthewing.img.boardinga...Ambassador.pdf

You've got to love clueless Web design companies.

If you go to http://intercontinental-70thcelebrations.co.uk and View Source, you'll see the following links:

http://intercontinental-70thcelebrat...k_Toolkit.pptx

http://magazine.intercontinental.com...l-life-issue-1

No change on this thread expected: desperate searches for the magic numbers, disappointment expressed because the service centre staff didn't give the "right" answer, calls for less opacity, probably calls for inclusion of IHG-wide stays, etc etc.

Could we get a link please if this is public domain, or at the very least an outline of criteria?

I think this could be very positive.

Hopefully, they'll set a $ spend target. It's difficult to see how it would work otherwise.
I've no issue spending more time in IC's and less in HIX, HI and CP simply to make up the numbers.

The only things that have leaked are the documents on this page - there's no hard criteria mentioned so far.

I have no problem with these changes as long as the requirements are made public. Making it revenue based without giving a target would be cruel.

Only I can say that you can find by Google, since "©︎2016 IHG CONFIDENTIAL" on the document. It's so regrettable LL and some people paste the URL in public. We should be moderate to handle this kind of matter. Coz it was very easy to find on google.

I tried various search terms on Google and didn't find it until someone posted the link.

What is also interesting in the context of my posts upthread is that they appear to want to drive up revenue by better leveraging the scheme, which IMHO means more transparent and less opaque qualifying criteria. Something like >$20k spend, >25 nights and minimum 5 IC's would I think be appropriate.