Articles tagged “crowne plaza”

Airlines

Air India to Add Over 400 Weekly Flights This Winter: India Report

Air India's decision to introduce more than 400 additional weekly flights this winter is intended to meet the growing demand for air travel. The move would hopefully also help keep airfares in check.

Air India to Add Over 400 Weekly Flights This Winter: India Report

Coronavirus

Covid-Related Travel Refunds: They Aren’t Easy

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at travel brands’ Covid refund policies, Crowne Plaza’s revamp, and tourism politics in the U.S.

Covid-Related Travel Refunds: They Aren’t Easy

Business Travel

IHG’s Crowne Plaza Wants to Shake Off Traditional Business Traveler Image

It’s a bold decision for a hotel brand to reposition itself when the world of work is on the cusp of change. If it's the wrong call, it loses sight of its core market and winning back once-loyal business travelers may take a while.

IHG’s Crowne Plaza Wants to Shake Off Traditional Business Traveler Image

Coronavirus

IHG CEO Banks on Newer Hotel Brands to Drive Profit Momentum

Holiday Inn Express is still the bread and butter at IHG, but newer brands like Avid and Voco are vaulting up the charts to account more for future expansion at the company.

IHG CEO Banks on Newer Hotel Brands to Drive Profit Momentum

Hotels

IHG Downplays Stalled Growth Amid Pandemic Recovery

IHG isn’t expanding at the rate of some of its competitors. The company’s review process of poorly performing Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza properties can’t end soon enough.

IHG Downplays Stalled Growth Amid Pandemic Recovery

Coronavirus

IHG Drops Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza Hotels With Lousy Customer Service

The pandemic nosedive in business helped IHG accelerate its plan to cut a few bad apples from the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza network. More trimming is likely to boost brand quality and — just as important — get back to 2019 levels of record growth.

IHG Drops Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza Hotels With Lousy Customer Service

Hotels

Holiday Inn’s New Look Was Designed for the Millennial Mindset

Has "Millennial mindset" just become a euphemism for "smart" and "decent" these days? Either way, it's welcome, especially when it comes to hotel design.

Holiday Inn’s New Look Was Designed for the Millennial Mindset

Hotels

For Hotel CEOs, Understanding the Magic Behind Branding Has Never Been More Crucial

The biggest news from last week’s hospitality conferences was that there wasn’t much news. But where there was, it all had to do with a single theme: branding. Here’s why.

For Hotel CEOs, Understanding the Magic Behind Branding Has Never Been More Crucial

Hotels

IHG Is Spending $200 Million to Reinvent Crowne Plaza in the Americas

Meeting the needs of today's modern business traveler is something a lot of brands are attempting to do these days, some more successfully than others. While some of Crowne Plaza's ideas might not be overtly groundbreaking, this reinvestment in the brand is vital to its future success if it wants to compete against the other big brands vying for road warriors' loyalty.

IHG Is Spending $200 Million to Reinvent Crowne Plaza in the Americas