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Aug 2, 2015, 1:27 pm

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Originally Posted by LarkSFO

Leff, the self-proclaimed thought leader in travel, has spoken: "Will Intercontinental Hotels Buy Fairmont, and What Happens to Lifetime Fairmont Status?"

Will Intercontinental Hotels Buy Fairmont?

I'd agree with Gary's two main points:

1) If IHG bought Fairmont, there wouldn't be any immediate changes.
2) An integration of Fairmont properties into the IHG portfolio and its loyalty program (which is almost inevitable in the mid-run) would be a really, really bad thing.

I'd even go a step further and say IHG is among the worst major hotel companies to purchase Fairmont from a consumer perspective. The goals and structure of the IHG rewards program is fundamentally different from FPC.

If this deal happened, I actually wouldn't be surprised if certain Fairmont properties (such as those owned by pension funds etc.) terminated the management agreement with Fairmont (where possible).