Preferred Hotel Group

Preferred Hotel Group

Type	Private
Industry	Hospitality
Founded	1968 (1968)
Headquarters	Chicago, IL, USA
Number of locations	31
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Ueberroth Chairman of the Board and CEO Gail Ueberroth Chief Marketing Officer and Vice-Chair Lindsey Ueberroth President Casey Ueberroth Managing Director of Preferred Golf and Area Managing Director of the Western United States Brooke Ueberroth Vice President, Communications
Services	sales, marketing, technology solutions
Owner(s)	John Ueberroth, Gail Ueberroth, Lindsey Ueberroth
Employees	200+[1]
Divisions	Preferred Hotels and Resorts Preferred Boutique Summit Hotels and Resorts Sterling Hotels Sterling Design Hotels Preferred Golf Club Preferred Family Preferred Pride Preferred Residences Summit Serviced Residences Historic Hotels of America Historic Hotels Worldwide iPrefer Rewards
Website	preferredhotelgroup.com

Preferred Hotel Group is an international hospitality company based in Chicago, Illinois. It which provides sales, marketing, and technology solutions^[2] to over 650 ^[3][4] independent luxury hotels and resorts in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand and Pacific. Its services include integrated marketing and communications, loyalty programs, trade shows and events, sales support, quality assurance, and group purchasing; and Total Branded Connectivity,^[5] a solution for reservation management that connects various reservation channels. The company serves hotel owners and operators.

In May 2005 Preferred Hotel Group was renamed from IndeCorp.^[6]

Philanthropic Efforts

Preferred Hotel Group is a founding partner to the Good Night Foundation, a non-profit organization with leading hoteliers to raise funds for worldwide programs which focus on health, education, the environment, and alleviation of poverty.

In June 2011 Preferred Hotel Group launched Check-In for Japan,^[7] an online flash-sale auction site to raise money for the American Red Cross relief efforts after the Japan earthquake 2011. The effort raised over $100,000^[8] for the American Red Cross.

In the Media

John Ueberroth spoke on CNBCs Squawk Box on April 2009 to speak about the economic downturn and how it affected luxury travel and luxury hotel accommodations.^[9][10]

The New York Times wrote an article about Preferred Hotel Group in April 2011 featuring the new Preferred Pride program, a program designed to certify and help identify the needs of gay and lesbian travelers.^[11][12]

In May 2011 Lindsey Ueberroth, the president of Preferred Hotel Group, went on CNBCs Squawk Box to discuss the impact the Late-2000s financial crisis had on the luxury hotel industry. She also discussed research Preferred Hotel Group had recently done about baby boomer travel.^[13][14]

References

External links

• Good Night Foundation website