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IHG completes acquisition of 51% stake in Regent Hotels & Resorts

2018-07-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Intercontinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is pleased to confirm its acquisition of a 51% stake in Regent Hotels & Resorts (‘Regent’).

Tags: hotel aquisitions, hotels, IHG, IHG hotels, Regent, Regent Hotels & Resorts

IHG signs eight new Holiday Inn® & Holiday Inn Express® hotels to the Holiday Inn Brand Family in Germany

2017-03-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Holiday Inn

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has today announced the signing of eight new hotels within the Holiday Inn® brand family in Germany.

Tags: Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express® Fürth, Holiday Inn Express® Munich, Holiday Inn® Munich, IHG

CHAT Begins for China-World Tourism Interconnect

2016-03-24 by Mike Wheatley

CHAT Beijing

News today from a new hotels industry meetup called “CHAT” shows directed knowledge and influence aimed at China’s hotel and tourism industry. This new summit being held at the Sofitel Wanda Beijing this week promises expanded interrelationships in between European and Chinese decision makers.

Tags: #CHATBeijing2016, Horwath HTL, IHG, Kenneth MacPherson, Kevin Colket, Robert Hecker, Samuel Lim, Shiji Networks, SnapShot, Sofitel Wanda, Starwood, Stefan Tweraser, STR Global

InterContinental Hotels Adds Luxurious Venice Hotel

2016-03-14 by Delia Gavrilescu

Palais Nani

InterContinental Hotels Group has signed its first luxury hotel in Venice, Italy, the lavish 16th Century Palazzo Nani in the heart of the city. Scheduled to open at the start of 2018, the new IHG property will run under a franchise agreement with Gruppo Cordifin and H.n.h Hotels & Resorts Management.

Tags: IHG, IHG Venice, InterContinental Hotels, Italy hotels, Italy travel, venice

Expedia Accelerator: Step Right Up, You Hotelier Fools

2016-02-23 by Phil Butler

Expedia Accelerate

Yesterday I wrote a short post on LinkedIn “Pulse” with my view on Expedia’s new “Accelerator” marketplace. The experiment where hoteliers get to bid for the hotels’ visibility on the OTA, it resembles a carnival act for me. At least one comment on my LinkedIn, suggesting I was a mean spirited ranter because of my […]

Tags: Expedia, hotel revenue, hotels, IHG, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Pulse, OTA's, RevPAR, World hotels

Hotel Indigo® launches new local artisans concept

2015-01-24 by Rhett Butler

Hotel Indigo logo

InterContinental Hotel’s Group’s Hotel Indigo® boutique brand has just launched a unique food and beverage concept to deliver the best food and drink artisans in communities to hotels.

Tags: Hotel Indigo, IHG, InterContinental, Simon Burdess

InterContinental Introduces Holiday Inn Express to Russia

2014-10-22 by Rhett Butler

IHG logo

Big news from leading hotels group IHG, one of the world’s leading hospitality brands has announced their launch of the Holiday Inn Express® brand across Russia.

Tags: CIS, Georgia, Holiday Inn, hotels, IHG, Russia, Russia business, Russia hotels

InterContinental Hotels Group Europe adds 2 properties

2014-09-22 by Delia Gavrilescu

IHG logo

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®) has announced the signing of InterContinental® Lisbon and Crowne Plaza® Porto. Both hotels will be run from agreements between Hotelgal SA, a subsidiary of Global Hotels & Resorts, and IHG. InterContinental Lisbon is to open in a few weeks, while Park Atlantic Hotel Porto is to become Crown Plaza Porto later this Autumn.

Tags: Europe hotels, IHG, Portugal hotels

IHG to open another Hotel Indigo, in Paris this time

2014-09-16 by Liliana Steffens

Hotel Indigo logo

Hotel Indigo, an InterContinental Hotels Group brand, is set to open a Paris contingent. Scheduled to debut at the last of September, Hotel Indigo Paris will debut in the city’s entertainment quarter.

Tags: Europe hotels, hotel openings, hotels, IHG

Holiday Inn Diyarbakir – City Center to Open in 2015

2013-09-11 by Violeta-Loredana Pascal

IHG logo

An existing building in Diyarbakir, with a café famous among both locals and travelers, will be converted into a 161-room hotel, the first property of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in this city. Holiday Inn Diyarbakir – City Center shows the continuous expansion of the company that has, at the present moment, 15 hotels in Turkey […]

Tags: Diyarbakir, Holiday Inn Diyarbakir - City Center, IHG, InterContinental Hotels Group, Turkey

Accor & Other Hotels Say Bye Bye to Summer Profits

2012-09-02 by Phil Butler

Sun, sea and sand: part 3 - via Accor

Just as some have feared but so few forecast officially, this Summer’s travel was not as big a hit as expected. When Accor Hotel Group warned their investors profit may not meet expectations last week the recession’s effect on hoteliers was cemented for the season.

Tags: Accor Hotel Group, economy, EU rooms, Europe hotels, Europe rooms, GBTA, hospitality, hotel revenue, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Southern Europe, Starwood Hotels, World hotels

The Curious Case of Room Key

2012-05-10 by Phil Butler

Room Key takes off, sort of.

A news release yesterday via Business Wire tells of conglomerate hotel booking site Room Key’s coming out of Beta status. What’s curious about this news is not so much the fluffy nature of it, but claims of millions having flocked to the startup to book their hotel rooms. At least this is the feel of the announcement. A bit of one of those “non-event” specialties creative PR agencies excel at perhaps? What’s the real story?

Tags: Business Wire, Hilton, Hilton Hotels, Hyatt, IHG, John Davis, Marriott, OTA, OTA's, Porter Novelli, Shani Wright, TripAdvisor, Trust International, user ratings, Wyndham, Wyndham Worldwide

Roomkey: On the Verge of Success & Failure At Once

2012-02-24 by Phil Butler

Roomkey edging towards forcing their hand

Roomkey. If there were ever a more appropriate name for a hotel booking channel, a more symbolically significant potential for branding, that would have to be perfection. Roomkey.com actually does have that possibility. But, like all great ideas and initiatives, the big time hoteliers’ 3rd interjection of intelligent engagement, has it’s problems too. There’s room for lots of niche products in travel, but is Roomkey an escape hatch or a marketing channel? And if exit marketing is introduced, even niche traffic and conversions could be scared away.

Tags: Choice, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, John Davis, Marriott, Nileguide

Who’s the Big Bad Wolf of Hotel Marketing?

2012-01-26 by Phil Butler

The big bad wolf of online travel

Just out, the Distribution Channel Analysis study via the American Hotel Lodging Association (AH&LA) and STR, has been released. The detailed study, supposedly aimed at helping “all” hoteliers better understand hotel room distribution, discusses distribution channel mix, among other salient hotel profitability instances. But, is the study really meant for all hoteliers, or just the fat cats?

Tags: advertising, American Hotel Lodging Association, Expedia commissions, franchise fees, Google, Google ads, Google evil, Google hotel finder, Google market, Google Travel, Hilton, hotel, hotel brands, hotel distribution, hotel franchises, Hyatt, IHG, Larry Page, Madigan Pratt & Associates, marketing, marketing channels, Marriott, Mr & Mrs Smith, online travel, OTA's, pay per click, ppc, propoganda, Roomkey, search marketing pay per click, Sergey Brin, STR, Tamara Heber-Percy, TripAdvisor, update, Wyndam

OTAs and the Offer Hotels Can’t Refuse

2011-11-21 by Rigas Pantos

Mobster

An article by Hotel News Now Editorial Director Jeff Higley last Thursday may just be the bugle call for a coming battle between OTAs and their benefactors, hoteliers. Higley’s report from the 23rd Deloitte European Hotel Investment Conference shined a bright light on growing friction between third party distribution agents, and the service providers they are supposed to help.

Tags: billboard effect, booking commissions, commissions, Deloitte, Deloitte European Hotel Investment Conference, Expedia, high commissions, Hotel News Now, IHG, Jeff Higley, OTA commissions, paying commissions, Richard Solomons

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