Articles tagged “intercontinental hotel group”

Hotels

Loews Taps IHG Executive Kirk Kinsell as New CEO

Moving from president of the Americas to a CEO role is a natural progression for executives in the hospitality, making Kinsell's move little surprise to most.

Laura Davison and Jing Cao, Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Hotels

InterContinental Hopes to Raise $1 Billion From Sale of Iconic Hong Kong Hotel

Is this a matter of going asset light or shedding valuable real estate to get some cash amidst talk of regional financial uncertainty?

Vinicy Chan, Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Hotels

Activist Investors Push for InterContinental Hotels Merger to Boost Share Price

IHG needs to think long-term, and that may not synch with creating short-term stock upticks for investors.

Nadja Brandt , Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Hotels

Interview: Room Key CEO on Next Phase of the Hotel Chain Joint Venture

Room Key, the joint venture by Choice Hotels, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott and Wyndham, hasn't set the world on fire, and doesn't appear to have had much of an impact on the chains' businesses.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Online Travel

UK Weighs Reopening Hotel-Pricing Settlement With Large Booking Sites

Skyscanner prevailed in opposing a settlement, which would have allowed online travel agencies to offer special discounts to closed groups of users, as anti-competitive. Now it may be back to square on if competition authorities reopen the investigation.

Aoife White , Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Hotels

The Coming Robot-ification of Hospitality Is Near

Robots won't "free up" human talent as much as they will replace it when they prove to be more labor efficient and cost effective.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago

Hotels

Holiday Inn Is Fueling InterContinental Hotels’ Growth

Lifestyle brands get all the love, but in the case of InterContinental Hotels Group, its six-decade old Holiday Inn brand family is the group's growth engine.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Hotels

InterContinental Hotels Sees Profits Drop in First Half of 2014

Andrew Blackman, Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Hotels

InterContinental Hotels CEO on Free Wi-Fi, Bleisure Travel and Brand Power

Thank god one hotel CEO has recognized that free Wi-Fi isn't too much to grant those guests who've shared a bit of loyalty.

Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press | 8 years ago

Announcements

Skift Business Traveler: InterContinental Gives You A Reason To Work Out

Grant Martin, Skift | 8 years ago