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IHG Has Bought Back $4.4 Billion of Itself Since 2022. Owners Still Can't Get a Timely PIP Waiver. MGM's Stock Target Barely Moved. The $48.30 Buyout Offer Is the Only Number That Matters. IHG Is Buying Back $950M in Stock. The Per-Share Math Favors Wall Street, Not Hotel Owners. Every Vendor Selling You AI Right Now Is Solving a Problem You Already Fixed With People Choice Hotels Has an Interim CEO, a Board Shake-Up, and 30 Days to Tell a Story. Good Luck. The $40 Puppy Yoga Ticket Is Doing More Marketing Work Than Your $32 Resort Fee Universal Just Built a $550M Theme Park in Frisco. Every Hotel Within 30 Miles Should Be Paying Attention. IHG Has Bought Back $4.4 Billion of Itself Since 2022. Owners Still Can't Get a Timely PIP Waiver. MGM's Stock Target Barely Moved. The $48.30 Buyout Offer Is the Only Number That Matters. IHG Is Buying Back $950M in Stock. The Per-Share Math Favors Wall Street, Not Hotel Owners. Every Vendor Selling You AI Right Now Is Solving a Problem You Already Fixed With People Choice Hotels Has an Interim CEO, a Board Shake-Up, and 30 Days to Tell a Story. Good Luck. The $40 Puppy Yoga Ticket Is Doing More Marketing Work Than Your $32 Resort Fee Universal Just Built a $550M Theme Park in Frisco. Every Hotel Within 30 Miles Should Be Paying Attention.

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IHG Is Buying Back $950M in Stock. The Per-Share Math Favors Wall Street, Not Hotel Owners.

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IHG Is Buying Back $950M in Stock. The Per-Share Math Favors Wall Street, Not Hotel Owners.

IHG's buyback program is now absorbing nearly 10% of daily London trading volume, artificially compressing the float while the stock trades at 30x earnings. If you're an owner paying 15-20% of revenue in brand fees, it's worth asking where that capital allocation leaves you.

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Jordan Chen 2 min read · 2h ago