Six well-known brands drive momentum in the Americas with expansion, expertise and corporate investment
ATLANTA (January 18, 2024) – IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies with 19 brands and powered by the award-winning IHG One Rewards loyalty program, today announced the Emphasis on growth. Today, IHG boasts one of the world's largest luxury and lifestyle portfolios, with six highly regarded brands representing 22 percent of the global pipeline*, and a higher stake than just five years ago. It has almost doubled. IHG is advancing its goals through a combination of strategic expansion, luxury and lifestyle expertise, and significant investment in its broader enterprise platform to drive brand awareness, consideration and loyalty. I'm here.
Globally, IHG has transformed its luxury and lifestyle portfolio through notable acquisitions. sixth sense, Regent Hotels & Resorts and Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant; the growth of its symbolic InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Hotel Indigo brand.And the release of Vignette collection. His IHG brand in this segment spans more than 800 open and pipeline hotels worldwide, nearly 260 of which are in the Americas. IHG is also supporting its largest regional acceleration through its newly created Luxury & Lifestyle Americas team of experts dedicated to driving the company's regional growth in this segment.
said Jolyon Bry, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts Americas. “IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle portfolio continues to grow rapidly. We have strategically designed our brands to be flexible and scalable to meet the changing demands of travelers and the industry at large. We have been very intentional about our Americas growth in this segment. By building the right operational and people capabilities and leveraging our commercial, brand awareness and engagement efforts, we portfolio to meet the high expectations of our guests while driving returns for our owners.”
Focus on luxury and lifestyle
In the Americas, IHG continues to focus on several core areas to accelerate growth in Luxury & Lifestyle.
- Enhance your expertise: IHG has reorganized its Luxury & Lifestyle Americas leadership team to streamline key functions across operations, sales, commerce, marketing, design, food and beverage, and more. The team of experts driving growth, commercial distribution and brand awareness includes newly appointed teams. Leanne Harwood (SVP, Managing Director, Luxury & Lifestyle Brands America), Kathleen Leidenbach (Senior Vice President of Commercial and Marketing for Luxury and Lifestyle Brands in the Americas) Abe Bradley (Vice President of Design & Creative, Luxury & Lifestyle Brands in the Americas) peter clarke (Vice President of Americas Luxury and Lifestyle Brands Hotel Operations) Scott Gingerich (VP of Restaurants, Bars and Events for Luxury and Lifestyle Brands in the Americas).
- Expanding our reach in the Americas: As demand for unique travel experiences grows, IHG is introducing luxury and lifestyle brands and building trusted relationships in coveted urban and resort destinations, from Mexico City and San Antonio to California's wine country and the Caribbean. continues. Built on a renowned brand and world-class real estate, IHG's new branded residential models are launched and supported by a dedicated and experienced design, construction and management team, and are located in some of the world's most scenic and sought-after locations. Provide new quality guests and services to high-quality guests. place.
Establishing a new tradition in luxury
IHG pioneered luxury hospitality in 1946 with the introduction of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts as one of the first true luxury hotel brands. Today, each of her six luxury and lifestyle brands offers a rich blend of facilities, locations and experiences.
- sixth sense joined the IHG family in 2019 and currently has 23 hotels open worldwide and 43 in the pipeline, nearly tripling its current global footprint. The brand's recent engagements in the Americas include the company's first U.S. property, Six Senses Napa Nature Reserve, which will feature the brand's trademark wellness and sustainability when it opens in 2026. The focus will be on possibilities. It also includes hotels, villas and branded residences at Six Senses Jara in Mexico. Six Senses Grand Bahama. Six Senses La Sagesse in Grenada, scheduled to open in May, will be the brand's first Caribbean resort. Situated between two beaches and surrounding a lagoon, the resort embodies the brand's ethos of harmony with nature, featuring the beauty of Spice Island's unique flora and materials.
- Building on a rich tradition of the finest luxury, we are building a new era. Regent Hotels & Resorts The brand will be reintroduced to the Americas. Regent Santa Monica Beach will set a new standard for modern upper-class luxury in the Americas, with a new perspective on beachfront splendor and effortlessly daring experiences when it opens in mid-2024. Masu. Regent Hotels & Resorts is unique by bringing exceptional levels of service, design and innovation to the world's major destinations, from the iconic Carlton Cannes, where Hollywood stars roll out the red carpet on the French Riviera, to Regent Hotels. has developed a luxury niche market. Hong Kong offers a wonderful stay overlooking Victoria Harbour.
- Nearly 80 years have passed since its release, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts With 216 properties worldwide, it remains an iconic symbol of sophistication and cosmopolitanism. IHG's recent global brand evolution for InterContinental Hotels & Resorts includes new services and experiences, a fresh brand culture, unique brand differentiators, and a focus on both modern luxury travelers and a broader, younger demographic. Includes tailored innovative food and beverage and hotel design strategies. This evolution includes major property renovations in Atlanta, Chicago and Miami, exciting openings such as the InterContinental Dominica Cavitz Resort & Spa, and upcoming developments such as the newly built InterContinental Bellevue on the Avenue opening in early 2024 in the Seattle suburbs. This includes hotels. InterContinental Indianapolis is scheduled to open in the fall.
- Vignette collection, IHG's first Luxury & Lifestyle Collection brand debuted in the Americas in early 2023 as Yours Truly in Washington, DC. The brand will further demonstrate the unique blend of IHG's strong business and independent real estate appeal in North American real estate. Oregon's wine country and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. With 25 impressive global properties already open or under development, including Sindhorn Midtown Bangkok and Casa da Compañia in Porto, Vignette Collection has announced that within 10 years since its debut, he has owned over 100 properties. We are well on our way to achieving that goal.
- Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant' America's growing real estate portfolio includes 63 properties, and by 2023 will include major metropolitan markets such as New York City and New Orleans, a seaside spa oasis on Roatan, and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. We plan to open exceptionally on site. The pioneering boutique brand's impressive list of locally-loved restaurants and bars continues to thrive, featuring more than 100 of his unique concepts throughout the region. With upcoming openings in Mexico City and the Denver Tech Center, a deal at beautiful Pacific Grove in Monterey Bay, California, and Kimpton's first all-inclusive property along Mexico's Riviera Maya, the boutique luxury hotel and lifestyle brand will continue to grow over the next five years. We have opened more than 25 global hotels and are on track to maintain a presence in more than 20 countries by 2025.
- Hotel Indigo, World's Neighborhood Hotels is experiencing rapid growth globally, with over 150 properties open and 130 more in the pipeline. Moreover, the brand plans to double its reach in the next 3-5 years. In the Americas, Hotel Indigo continues to further strengthen its presence in must-see destinations for the next generation of explorers, including the Galapagos Islands, Guadalajara, La Paz and Panama City, Florida, opening in 2023. . New hotels soon to open in the area will include a wide range of services in an exciting and culturally rich region surrounding Washington DC, Barbados and Grand Cayman.
To learn more about IHG's Luxury & Lifestyle brands or to book a stay, visit www.ihg.com or use the new IHG One Rewards mobile app.
*Figures as of Q3 2023
