Ihg tips

Hopper isn’t changing its fintech strategy after Expedia Group’s public break-up with it.

IHG Hotels & Resorts revealed on Tuesday that it has been pitching hotel owners on a new brand addressing an opportunity in the middle of the market it said is underserved.

IHG Hotels & Resorts‘ new CEO Elie Maalouf said his strategy is to make the company’s portfolio as appealing to owners and guests as possible. Maalouf spoke to Skift on Tuesday after his first earnings call as CEO, having taken the helm last month.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, August 17. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

IHG needed a new brand to appeal to two audiences — guests looking for something cheaper than the company’s 70-year-old flagship, Holiday Inn, and developers looking for a more cost-effective brand to run. The UK-based hotel giant on Wednesday took a step to fill this market gap by officially launching its 19th hotel brand, Garner an IHG Hotel.

It’s a delicious time of year to be visiting the DMV (the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia area), what with Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week gearing up to run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 and Alexandria Restaurant Week already under way. It’s not too late to get in on the action either, as this summer’s event is happening now through Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.

While American Express publicly opened reservations via Resy for its Centurion Lounge at the 2023 U.S. Open Tennis Championships on Aug. 10, Chase appeared to open reservations for its competing lounge Wednesday without notice.

The battle over the budget traveler rages on in the hotel industry, but the latest option appears to have more amenities than some of its competitors also in development.

IHG Rewards this week released its latest list of PointBreaks hotels that are available for booking for just 5,000 points per night.

As changes to hotel-program award prices go, the latest for InterContinental’s IHG Rewards are decidedly modest: Prices for award nights at 400 hotels will change by either 5,000 or 10,000 points, half moving up, half moving down. If it were just that 50-50 split, Rewards members might dismiss it as a wash and count their blessings. After all, “It could have been worse.”

IHG Rewards today released its latest list of PointBreaks hotels that are available for booking for just 5,000 points per night.

IHG Rewards, the loyalty program of the InterContinental Hotels Group, today released its latest list of PointBreaks hotels that are available for booking for just 5,000 IHG Rewards points per night.