IHG Hotels & Resorts
Hotels · United Kingdom
IHG franchises and manages hotels from InterContinental to Holiday Inn Express, earning fees on rooms revenue while hotel owners fund the buildings and a shared fund pays for marketing, reservations and loyalty.
What makes it different
Half its new hotels were existing hotels switching brands.
>50%Room openings that were conversionsFY2025
Conversions let independent owners join IHG quickly, so growth does not wait for construction.
How big it is
How big is IHG Hotels & Resorts?
$5.19BTotal revenueFY2025
1,026,177Rooms2025
6,963Hotels2025
How it makes money FY2025
Fees on franchised and managed hotels.
- Franchise and base management fees56%$1.37B
- Owned and leased hotels22%$544M
- Central revenue14%$336M
- Incentive management fees8%$190M
- Insurance activities1%$27M
How the business works
Owners fund the brand. IHG collects fees.
- 1Brands to hotel owners
- 2Owner fees into a System Fund
- 3Fees on rooms revenue
IHG runs the shared marketing, reservations and loyalty fund for owners but does not manage it to make a profit.
Who owns it
- PineStone Asset Management Inc.8.07%
- BlackRock, Inc.6.14%
- Boron Investments B.V.5.01%
CEO: Elie Maalouf
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1777William Bass opens a brewery in Burton-on-Trent
- 1952First Holiday Inn opens in Memphis
- 1954Holiday Inn becomes the first hotel brand to franchise
- 1983Priority Club Rewards launches
- 1998Bass buys the InterContinental brand
Sources
Every number on this page comes from IHG Hotels & Resorts's own reports.
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What IHG Hotels & Resorts tracks20 metrics
Hotels
Rooms
Development pipeline
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Americas
Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa
Central (not regional)
The full timeline16 moments
2019
2023
2025
IHG Hotels & Resorts vs Marriott Internationalside by side
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