Employee Involvement

Giving Back to the Communities We Serve

Partners ‘N Pals Mentoring Program — InterContinental Hotels Group participates in the Dekalb County Schools mentoring program, Partners ‘N Pals. Each mentor commits to spend 30 minutes a week with a specially matched student at one of the county system’s schools near the company’s Atlanta offices. Once established, the mentoring relationship continues throughout the school year.

Denim Days — IHG takes “casual days” one step further by offering its Atlanta corporate office employees the opportunity to wear jeans in the office the last Friday of every month. There’s one catch…employees must donate a minimum of $2 to a charitable organization for each “Denim Day,” with all donations matched by the company. Benefiting organizations are selected from a pool of employee recommendations that have been pre-qualified for compliance with IHG donation guidelines.

Community Affairs Ambassadors — IHG has created a volunteer leadership program called Community Affairs Ambassadors that supports individuals who step up to direct employee participation in various local charitable activities and events. The program was started at Americas headquarters in Atlanta in 2004 and has since been expanded to Reservation Center offices in North America, with plans to introduce it at company-owned and managed hotels in 2006.