Marriott to buy IHG??
Jun 1, 2012, 11:01 am
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Marriott to buy IHG??
Found this over on the Marriott forum:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...=feeds-newsxml
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d32029da-a...#axzz1wWrNbqTi
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http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...=feeds-newsxml
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d32029da-a...#axzz1wWrNbqTi
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Jun 1, 2012, 11:09 am
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Oh wait. It's the Daily Mail group using up their ancient stock photos without bothering about accuracy.
Jun 1, 2012, 6:42 pm
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It is not going to happen with Marriott. There are too much market overlapping in the two. The rumour spreaders always indicated Starwood and IHG. But I doubt that too.
Personally I think for IHG the merger would be more viable with the following candidates:
1) Fairmont
2) Hyatt
3) Jumeirah
I think under the current trends of middle east companies buying out British firms, I will not be surprised to see Jumeirah bid for IHG. If it is IHG making a bid for other firms, I would think Fairmont would be the perfect target. If it is mutual merger between two companies, I think Hyatt would be more interesting marriage than Marriott or Starwood.
Personally I think for IHG the merger would be more viable with the following candidates:
1) Fairmont
2) Hyatt
3) Jumeirah
I think under the current trends of middle east companies buying out British firms, I will not be surprised to see Jumeirah bid for IHG. If it is IHG making a bid for other firms, I would think Fairmont would be the perfect target. If it is mutual merger between two companies, I think Hyatt would be more interesting marriage than Marriott or Starwood.
Jun 1, 2012, 8:35 pm
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It is not going to happen with Marriott. There are too much market overlapping in the two. The rumour spreaders always indicated Starwood and IHG. But I doubt that too.
Personally I think for IHG the merger would be more viable with the following candidates:
1) Fairmont
2) Hyatt
3) Jumeirah
I think under the current trends of middle east companies buying out British firms, I will not be surprised to see Jumeirah bid for IHG. If it is IHG making a bid for other firms, I would think Fairmont would be the perfect target. If it is mutual merger between two companies, I think Hyatt would be more interesting marriage than Marriott or Starwood.
Personally I think for IHG the merger would be more viable with the following candidates:
1) Fairmont
2) Hyatt
3) Jumeirah
I think under the current trends of middle east companies buying out British firms, I will not be surprised to see Jumeirah bid for IHG. If it is IHG making a bid for other firms, I would think Fairmont would be the perfect target. If it is mutual merger between two companies, I think Hyatt would be more interesting marriage than Marriott or Starwood.
Can't imagine Fairmont. They're already partnered with Swissotel and Raffles Resorts; I can see Swissotel aquiring Fairmont though.