InterContinental Tampa Hits Home Run with Spring Training Package

02-23-2009

WHO:  Opened in August 2007 as Tampa’s newest luxury hotel, the InterContinental Tampa is centrally located in the heart of the city, within walking distance to several popular shopping and dining destinations, and convenient to George Steinbrenner ( Legends) Field.

 

WHAT:       Visitors can score big by sliding into InterContinental Tampa’s Spring Training package.  The package includes:

      • 25 percent discount off the best available rate for deluxe accommodations – rates begin at just $172 per night

      • Fan Tool Kit, complete with a team-specific chocolate amenity, baseball for signing, Cracker Jacks, peanuts, popcorn, Bazooka gum, soda, and the lyrics and history of the song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

 

WHEN: February 25-April 4, 2009

 

WHY: InterContinental Tampa has the home field advantage, being conveniently located to all the fan-favorite “Grapefruit League” teams.  Guests can catch the Astros, Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Nationals, Phillies, Pirates, Reds, Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Indians, Orioles, Red Sox, Tigers, Twins and Yankees, who play just a few miles from the hotel on George Steinbrenner  (Legends) Field. (Photo Available)

 

WHERE:      InterContinental Tampa is convenient to downtown Tampa and Tampa International Airport.  With all of the amenities the InterContinental name ensures, the AAA Four Diamond property offers complimentary wireless high-speed internet in guestrooms and public areas of the hotel, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a full-service concierge program, and a rooftop pool with spectacular views of the bay and city. The hotel also offers outstanding on-site dining at the world famous Shula's Steak House, as well as gourmet Illy coffee products and “fare on the go” at Caffé and an extensive cocktail menu at Shula’s No Name Lounge.

HOW: To reserve the Spring Training package at InterContinental Tampa, please call (866) 402-0758 and mention rate code ILQGA or visit www.intercontampa.com.

 

-InterContinental Tampa-

 

 

 

INTERCONTINENTAL TAMPA is one of more than 30 independent, upscale hotels, resorts and conference centers by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. To protect and preserve the unique communities in which the company operates, Destination launched Destination Earth, an environmental sustainability program in 2008. New for 2009 is the 582-room Terranea Resort situated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California. The 102-acre ocean front resort will feature a 25,000-square-foot destination spa, three swimming pools, three restaurants and a Todd Eckenrode-designed par three golf course. In addition to Terranea in the greater Los Angeles area, Destination operates properties in key metropolitan areas and resort markets including Washington, D.C., Denver, San Diego, Santa Fe, Aspen, Palm Springs, Houston and Lake Tahoe. Destination is a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based investment, development and management firm Lowe Enterprises.  For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.

 

The 323-room hotel is owned by an affiliate of Lowe Enterprises Investments and is managed by the wholly owned Lowe subsidiary Destination Hotels & Resorts.

 

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.  IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,700 hotels and more than 558,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 31 million members worldwide.

 

The company pioneered the travel industry’s first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG’s global corporate responsibility focus.

 

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.

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