ATLANTA, May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts today
announces a collaboration with Audible, Inc., the world's largest
seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other
spoken-word entertainment. The Stories of the InterContinental
Life collection is a curated list of audiobooks that offer new
perspectives on worldly destinations through the intersection of
literature and travel. Brendan Francis
Newnam, journalist and an Executive Producer of The Paris
Review podcast, helped curate the audio library, pairing
literary works with iconic travel destinations that capture the
essence and intrigue of cities where InterContinental Hotels &
Resorts properties are located. Newnam is also hosting a Literary
Concierge Series, bringing the collection to life with exclusive
literary salons. Travelers can enjoy the collection and transport
themselves to the location of their choice by booking the Novel
Nights package, available at select InterContinental Hotels &
Resorts properties.
The Stories of the InterContinental Life collection
features both classic literature and new works, highlighting the
worldliness of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts. The brand has
more than 190 properties located in key gateway cities and
up-and-coming destinations. The selected titles include:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman
Capote – New
York
- Cannery Row by John
Steinbeck – Monterey
- The Movie Goer by Walker
Percy – New
Orleans
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa
See – Shanghai
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Cartagena
- The Nightingale by Kristin
Hannah – Paris
- Brick Lane by Monica Ali
– London
- A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler – Saigon
- A Tokyo Romance by Ian
Buruma – Tokyo
- Last Night in Montreal
by Emily St. John-Mandel– Montreal
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert – Tahiti
- The Adventures of Augie
March by Saul Bellow –
Chicago
"Literature has the power to transport the mind to new places,
expand cultural knowledge, and
expose people to new ways of thinking," said Brendan Francis Newnam. "The Stories of the
InterContinental Life collection allows travelers to listen to
an iconic book set in storied destinations and, in a sense, get a
guided tour of the city's soul."
In 2018, travelers visiting the InterContinental New York
Barclay and InterContinental The Clement Monterey can stimulate
their mind in the comfort of their guestroom or suite by booking
the Novel Nights package. The Novel Nights experience provides an
Audible download of one of the literary works in the collection. In
addition, the package offers a complimentary cocktail and turndown
service with amenity. After a late-night listening to one of the
curated Audible books, travelers can rest assured with guaranteed
late checkout at 2 p.m.
"Drawing from more than 70 years of amassed experience,
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts continues to build upon its
heritage of pioneering luxury hospitality by announcing an
innovative partnership providing our guests rich culture
perspectives," said Ginger Taggart,
Vice President Global Marketing - Luxury Portfolio at
InterContinental Hotels Group. "Our collaboration with Audible
offers a new way for discerning travelers to enjoy the richness of
our worldly destinations, inspiring them to unlock deeper insights
and enjoyment from the places they are visiting."
Combining literature and travel to provide travelers with new
perspectives on popular destinations, the Audible collaboration and
Literary Concierge Series are an extension of the global
hospitality brand's award-winning Stories of the
InterContinental Life campaign, which launched in 2016.
The multi-sensory storytelling campaign was introduced to incite
curiosity, tap into our desire for worldly experiences, and evoke
connections to new places and ideas through podcasts and videos,
which can be found on life.intercontinental.com.
For more information on InterContinental Hotels & Resorts,
visit http://www.intercontinental.com.
About the InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts
brand:
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has 194 hotels
located in more than 60 countries with local insight that comes
from over 70 years of experience. As a brand, we believe that
superior, understated service and outstanding facilities are
important, but what makes us truly different is the genuine
interest we show in our guests. Our desire is to help guests make
the most of their time. We connect our well-traveled guests to
what's special about a destination, by sharing our knowledge, so
they enjoy authentic experiences that will enrich their lives and
broaden their outlook. For more information about the
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand, visit
www.intercontinental.com. Find us on Twitter
www.twitter.com/InterConHotels, Facebook
www.facebook.com/intercontinental or Instagram
www.instagram.com/intercontinental.
Notes to Editors:
IHG® (InterContinental
Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organisation
with a broad portfolio of hotel brands, including
InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts,
Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel
Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, HUALUXE®
Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts,
Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday
Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Resort®,
avid™ hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood
Suites®.
IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns nearly 5,300 hotels and
more than 785,000 guest rooms in almost 100 countries, with more
than 1,500 hotels in its development pipeline. IHG also manages
IHG® Rewards Club, our global loyalty programme, which
has more than 100 million enrolled members.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company
and is incorporated in Great
Britain and registered in England and Wales. More than 350,000 people work across
IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.
Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and
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About Audible, Inc.
Audible, Inc.,
an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary, is the leading provider of
premium digital spoken audio content, offering customers a new way
to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to
unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than
425,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers,
broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and
business information providers. Audible is also the provider of
spoken-word audio products for Apple's iTunes Store.
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