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Disney's Been Renovating the Grand Floridian for Six Years. And They're Still Not Done. Expedia's B2B Bookings Hit $8.7 Billion. Your OTA Commission Check Just Got More Complicated. Airbnb Just Took On $2.5 Billion in Debt It Didn't Need. That Should Worry You. Three Headlines, One Pattern. Brands Are Buying Geography While Operators Build the Plane. NorCal Casinos Are Spending Billions to Become Resorts. Every Hotel Within 100 Miles Should Be Worried. Tribal Casinos Are Booking Arena-Level Acts. The Tech Behind It Is Still Stuck in 2015. St. Regis Returns to Hawaii. The Brand Promise Just Got a Lot More Expensive to Keep. Disney's Been Renovating the Grand Floridian for Six Years. And They're Still Not Done. Expedia's B2B Bookings Hit $8.7 Billion. Your OTA Commission Check Just Got More Complicated. Airbnb Just Took On $2.5 Billion in Debt It Didn't Need. That Should Worry You. Three Headlines, One Pattern. Brands Are Buying Geography While Operators Build the Plane. NorCal Casinos Are Spending Billions to Become Resorts. Every Hotel Within 100 Miles Should Be Worried. Tribal Casinos Are Booking Arena-Level Acts. The Tech Behind It Is Still Stuck in 2015. St. Regis Returns to Hawaii. The Brand Promise Just Got a Lot More Expensive to Keep.

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Brand Licensing

1 story · First covered Feb 21, 2026 · Latest Feb 21

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Feb 21

IHG's Record Openings Are a Brand Machine Story, Not a Hotel Story

IHG's $1.3B profit and record signings look like momentum. But who's absorbing the risk behind all those flags?

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Elena Voss 3 min read · Feb 21