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brand cannibalization

2 stories · First covered Mar 22, 2026 · Latest 1h ago
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IHG Just Hit 200 Hotels in Canada. Now Count What the Owners Are Actually Paying.

IHG Just Hit 200 Hotels in Canada. Now Count What the Owners Are Actually Paying.

Two hundred flags and nearly 40 more in the pipeline sounds like a brand firing on all cylinders, until you sit down with the owners doing the math on loyalty delivery, PIP obligations, and whether voco and Garner are filling real gaps or just cannibalizing the portfolio they already built.

IHG Just Planted Two Flags Six Blocks Apart in Midtown. Let's Talk About What That Actually Means.

IHG Just Planted Two Flags Six Blocks Apart in Midtown. Let's Talk About What That Actually Means.

IHG opened a 419-key voco in Times Square and a 529-key Kimpton six blocks away within three weeks of each other. That's not expansion. That's a bet... and if you're running a competing property in Midtown Manhattan, the math on your comp set just changed.