Articles tagged “intercontinental hotel group”

Incorporating local culture into hotels might have started as a trend, but it's now here to stay. IHG's early local venture can teach other brands how to play nice with neighborhoods.

InterContinental's master classes in photography are part of a trend by hotels to create unique experiences for guests at the property level. Photographer Craig Easton believes "I was there" photography misses the point, and that photographers need to learn how to see. Sounds like a travel mantra to live by.

Luxury brands across all sectors are entering the Middle East to tap into the local and visitor base of high-spending customers. Their online presence is as, if not more, important than their on-the-ground services.

Switzerland is shifting away from tradition and triteness with a headturning array of next-generation architecture for hotels, convention spaces, and attractions.

Stay Smart 2.0 is a fascinating case study on how advertising has changed over the past decade and what it takes for hotel brands to adapt and stay relevant in a digitally driven world.

This agreement between InterContinental Hotels, and Expedia and Booking.com is game-changing not for its short-term impact, but for the more far-reaching reverberations, and new regulatory actions that it will ultimately lead to.

IHG is in both a precarious and somewhat perfect position to pose such a question: It's a multinational company that's profited handsomely from globalization, but its continued success relies on it serving as a gateway to unique local cultures untouched by massive enterprises.

When people are setting fire to themselves in the city you're building your new hotel in, you may want to consider the negative impact the development may have on the other properties in your portfolio.

Both properties will open in 2015 with the idea that building up brand in NYC will give it the profile it needs to eventually launch the brand in other U.S. cities.

TripAdvisor giveth and TripAdvisor taketh. It gives great advice to hotels, and it takes their advertising dollars. Good cop, bad cop (although not-so bad if it is driving hotel bookings) has long been known to be a very effective strategy.