Originally Posted by
hockeyinsider
This is off-topic, but IHG isn't a serious competitor to Marriott, except in some markets with limited-service brands and also in the handful of markets in which IHG's Intercontinental branded property is a genuine 5-star, luxury hotel. As a blogger noted:
Firstly, I'm note sure just because a blogger said something it makes it true (although in this case, I would tend to agree that IHG has a minimal number of luxury properties).
More importantly, out of Marriott's 1.3m rooms globally as at the end of September 2018, only about 6.5% of them by my calculation are RC/Edition/W/St. Regis/LC/Bulgari. The other c.94% are made up of the Marriott brands that are in direct competition with an equivalent IHG brand, so not sure how you can deduce that IHG is not a competitor to Marriott from that!