IHG - Interim Results 2023

Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts, said:

“I am honoured to take over as IHG’s group CEO and excited to look ahead with our talented teams and owners all around the world to an important next chapter of growth. Our teams have delivered strong results in the first half, with financial performance, hotel openings and signings all significantly above prior year comparisons. Travel demand is very healthy, with RevPAR improving year-on-year across all our markets and exceeding 2019 pre-pandemic peaks for four consecutive quarters. In the Americas and EMEAA regions, leisure demand has remained buoyant and business and group travel continued to strengthen, while in Greater China, demand has rebounded rapidly.

The investments we’re making in our powerful enterprise platform are delivering results for guests and owners – be it the breadth of attractive brands we now have in place, the excellent impact of our new mobile app, or the strength of our IHG One Rewards programme, which has seen enrolments jump by +60% since launch a year ago. We opened 21 thousand rooms across 108 hotels in the half, keeping us on track for net system size growth expectations, and we signed over 34 thousand rooms across 239 hotels, +11% ahead of last year. More than a quarter of all signings were across our six Luxury & Lifestyle brands, as we accelerate growth in this higher fee income segment.

As we continue to grow our brand portfolio, we’re excited to announce we will soon launch a new brand targeted at midscale conversion opportunities. We’re proud of our industry-leading position in upper midscale with Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express. Our aim is that this new conversion brand will become the first choice for guests and owners in the midscale segment, accelerating our growth in a space that is already worth $14bn in the US market alone. Conversions represent a major growth opportunity for us, generating around 40% of first half openings and signings globally, and we see an increasing desire from owners to quickly realise the benefits of IHG’s scale and strong enterprise. We’re delighted that more than 100 hotels have already expressed definitive interest in the new brand.

The combination of RevPAR and system growth drove further expansion of our fee margin, leading to a +27% increase in operating profit from reportable segments. Our +50% growth in adjusted EPS includes the additional earnings accretion from our ongoing return of surplus capital via share buybacks. The combination of these drivers demonstrates how IHG creates value for our shareholders, and as this industry continues to power forward, we are confident in the strengths of our business model, scale and strategy to capture sustainable, profitable growth.” LINK DIRECTLY TO SOURCE IHG - Interim Results

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