IHG Hotels & Resorts and Qatar Airways have teamed up in a way that enhances rewards and loyalty benefits for both business travelers and loyalty program members, making travel + hotel stays more rewarding and seamless.
1. Corporate Travel Rewards Integration
IHG and Qatar Airways have launched a strategic partnership between their corporate loyalty programmes — IHG Business Edge and Qatar Airways’ Beyond Business.
Here’s what that means:
IHG Business Edge members who join Qatar’s Beyond Business programme can:
• Get exclusive rewards and savings on travel and hotel bookings across both networks.
• Earn and redeem points across programmes for flights, stays, upgrades, baggage perks, and more.
• Benefit from enhanced flexibility and travel value, especially for SMEs with frequent travel budgets.
When a Business Edge member joins Beyond Business:
• They may receive bonus Qrewards (Qatar’s corporate reward currency) on their first flight with Qatar Airways — redeemable for flights, upgrades and ancillary benefits.
This partnership is designed to help companies stretch travel budgets further while streamlining bookings and reward earnings.
2. Cross-Program Loyalty Perks (For Individual Members Too)
Separately from the corporate angle, IHG’s IHG One Rewards members and Qatar Airways Privilege Club members can also benefit from other types of cross-partner reward opportunities:
Earn & redeem points across stays and flights
By linking loyalty accounts (e.g., Accor/ALL with a frequent flyer programme), travelers can earn both hotel points and Avios (Qatar’s airline miles) when they stay at participating hotels or fly with Qatar Airways and other partner carriers.
Convert points across programmes
Although linking IHG One Rewards with Avios isn’t always direct, many airline and hotel partners (including Accor’s loyalty partners) offer points transfer/earning options between hotel loyalty points and Avios airline miles, boosting flexibility in how you use your rewards.
Why This Matters
More value from everyday travel spends:
Both personal and corporate travelers can benefit from joint earning and redemption opportunities — turning stays into airline miles and flights into hotel points.
Corporate travel becomes more rewarding:
Small & medium companies booking both hotels and flights can now get bonus perks, status boosts, and integrated rewards across two large global networks.
Bonus perks & upgrades:
Corporate travel members may unlock status upgrades and bonus rewards after qualifying stays or flights, helping manage elite benefits across travel travel footprints.