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Branded hotel penetration

2 stories · First covered Mar 19, 2026 · Latest Mar 30
Branded hotel penetration Coverage
Two GM Appointments in India. The Story Behind Them Is 400 Hotels Big.

Two GM Appointments in India. The Story Behind Them Is 400 Hotels Big.

IHG just named new General Managers at two Holiday Inn Express properties in India, and nobody would blink at that headline alone. But when you zoom out to the 400-hotel pipeline IHG is building across the subcontinent, those appointments start telling a very different story about who's actually going to run all of this.

H World's Small-City Playbook Is the One American Operators Keep Ignoring

H World's Small-City Playbook Is the One American Operators Keep Ignoring

A Chinese hotel company just posted $726 million in net income by going exactly where Western brands won't... tier-3 and tier-4 cities that most development teams can't find on a map. There's a lesson here if you're willing to hear it.