IHG launches $500m buyback and raises dividend as travel demand rebounds

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Owner of Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn says profit in Americas now above pre-Covid level

The Intercontinental hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin. IHG, which operates the brand globally, is launching a $500 million share buyback and increasing its interim dividend to reward shareholders as leisure and business travel demand recovers to near pre-pandemic levels.

The group also posted operating profits in the Americas of $351 million in the six months to June 30, up 2.6 per cent on the comparable period in 2019. “After two years of people not going seeing clients [and] not having team meetings, we’re seeing business travel pick up,” said Barr.

 

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