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

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Mar 22

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.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · Mar 22