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OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels. Barry Diller Wants to Take MGM Private at $48.30. The Stock Says He's Lowballing. Curator Just Handed 120 Independents an Enterprise Tech Stack. Most Won't Use Half of It. Gas Prices Dipped. You've Got Maybe Three Weeks Before the Window Closes. Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut. OTAs Are Becoming Ad Networks. You're the Product Being Sold. 80% of World Cup Host City Hotels Are Below Forecast. The Rate Strategy Made It Worse. IHG Has Spent $3.9 Billion Buying Back Its Own Stock Since 2022. That's Capital That Didn't Build Hotels. Barry Diller Wants to Take MGM Private at $48.30. The Stock Says He's Lowballing. Curator Just Handed 120 Independents an Enterprise Tech Stack. Most Won't Use Half of It. Gas Prices Dipped. You've Got Maybe Three Weeks Before the Window Closes. Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

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529 Keys, Four Restaurants, and a Celebrity Chef... What Could Go Wrong at IHG's New Midtown Kimpton?

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529 Keys, Four Restaurants, and a Celebrity Chef... What Could Go Wrong at IHG's New Midtown Kimpton?

IHG just opened its biggest Kimpton in New York with a $450 starting rate, four F&B concepts, and a developer running hotel ops for the first time. The tech and operational complexity underneath this shiny launch is where the real story lives.

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Rav Patel 4 min read · Mar 14