About [PUBLICATION NAME]

[PUBLICATION NAME] is an independent educational publication focused on the digital systems and colleague programmes surrounding IHG Merlin.

The Merlin name remains visible across parts of the IHG Hotels & Resorts ecosystem, but current official resources show that colleague tasks are distributed among several systems and programmes rather than one universal employee portal.

IHG currently references a Merlin ID in its Employee Room Benefit Programme. Its careers site uses MyHR for internal-job applications. Its learning material describes IHG University, IHG People Tools and IHG myLearning. Its procurement environment separately carries IHG Merlin branding for hotel and supplier access.

Our editorial purpose is to explain those boundaries.

Who This Publication Serves

Coverage is designed for:

• current IHG colleagues;
• employees at participating IHG-branded hotels;
• hotel managers;
• former colleagues researching system terminology;
• users trying to distinguish Merlin from MyHR or other IHG platforms.

We do not assume everyone working under an IHG hotel brand has identical access.

IHG’s own materials distinguish multiple colleague populations, including people at corporate operations and franchised or managed hotels.

How We Research

We prioritize current first-party IHG sources, including:

• IHG.com;
• IHG Careers;
• official IHG programme pages;
• official IHG Procurement resources;
• current IHG job postings when they clarify system terminology.

We avoid presenting old third-party login directories as authoritative destinations.

When historical terminology appears to coexist with newer system names, we explain what current IHG documentation actually confirms rather than guessing that one platform has completely replaced another.

Editorial Independence

[PUBLICATION NAME] is not an official IHG site.

We do not:

• operate Merlin;
• operate MyHR;
• reset passwords;
• activate employee room benefits;
• link Rewards accounts;
• modify colleague records;
• access hotel systems.

Readers should enter credentials only into destinations they have verified as belonging to IHG or an authorized employer system.

Our role is to explain the ecosystem—not imitate it.