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# IHG Hotels & Resorts: Global Hospitality Growth

Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer

Transcript: IHG Hotels & Resorts: Global Hospitality Growth

Elie Maalouf:

The fundamental forces driving global hospitality are phenomenal. The middle class is expected to double over the next 10 years. And then you have a whole generation of people that are retiring that are healthier and wealthier. The urge to explore is irrepressible. It’s a huge opportunity.

[TITLE CARD: Global Hospitality Growth _ IHG Hotels & Resorts]

Elie Maalouf:

IHG Hotels and Resorts has been around over 80 years.

[TITLE CARD: Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts]

Elie Maalouf:

Nearly a million people stay with us every night. Our vision is to be the leader in bringing true hospitality for good around the world. To deliver on our guests’ hopes and aspirations. Do we have the properties to make you at your best when you're traveling? Working with WF is fundamental to our business model. They're among the most active in mergers and acquisitions in the hospitality industry. And we get a lot of insight from their knowledge of the commercial real estate industry. We stay in very close contact with their leadership to see what we can do to make our owners and our business more successful.

Fernando Rivas:

IHG and WF have been...

[TITLE CARD: Fernando Rivas, Chief Executive Officer, WF Corporate & Investment Banking]

Fernando Rivas:

...growing together for almost 20 years. WF is one of the largest, most profitable banks in the world. That gives us an enormous capacity to be there for our clients. Our team helps IHG price and structure acquisitions. And we help them access capital efficiently across the world.

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100+ countries; InterContinental Paris Le Grand; Paris, France

6,600+ properties; Regent Santa Monica Beach; Santa Monica, US]

Elie Maalouf:

We're truly the most global international hotel company. Guests are loyal to us and power us forward.

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2,200+ hotels in development pipeline; voco Orchard Singapore; Singapore

20 brands; Holiday Inn Shenzhen Nanshan; Shenzhen, China

145+ million loyalty members; Avid and Candlewood Suites; North Platte, US]

Fernando Rivas:

IHG and WF both value showing your clients you care, having a relationship. At WF we talk about it as humanity.

Elie Maalouf:

Real important moments in people's lives happen in a hotel. Business meetings, a job interview, family vacations, weddings. We have a responsibility to grow and fulfill that potential. We're fundamental to our communities, we're fundamental to society, we're fundamental to economic growth around the world. We've built an ecosystem and a business that's fit for the fight to take the greatest advantage of the growth in the industry.

Close with music

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WF CIB and IHG Hotels & Resorts have been growing together for almost 20 years. WF is one of the largest, most profitable banks in the world with an enormous capacity to be there for clients and is a major financial services provider to the hospitality industry. This longtime partnership with IHG has helped them grow their portfolio to over 6,600 properties in 100 countries all around the world, with more on the way. IHG works extensively with WF to realize its vision accessing international capital and leveraging the bank’s leadership and expertise to make strategic moves.

### The fundamental forces are phenomenal

Transcript: The fundamental forces are phenomenal

Elie Maalouf:

The fundamental forces driving global hospitality are phenomenal. At IHG...

[TITLE CARD: Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts]

Elie Maalouf...we think we are the leader in bringing true hospitality for good around the world. With our brands, with our relationships, with our connections in over a hundred countries.

[TITLE CARD: Fernando Rivas, Chief Executive Officer, WF Corporate & Investment Banking]

Elie Maalouf:

Working with WF is fundamental to our business model and to grow our portfolio. We've built an ecosystem and a business that's fit for the fight to take the greatest advantage of the growth in the industry.

Close with music

Sponsored by WF Corporate & Investment Banking
The Next Horizon
IHG Hotels & Resorts
bloomberg.com/thenexthorizon
WF Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) and WF Securities (WFS) are the trade names used for the corporate banking, capital markets, and investment banking services of WF & Company and its subsidiaries, including but not limited to WF Securities, LLC, member of NYSE, FINRA, NFA, and SIPC, WF Prime Services, LLC, member of FINRA, NFA and SIPC, and WF Bank, N.A., member NFA and swap dealer registered with the CFTC and security-based swap dealer registered with the SEC, member FDIC. WF Securities, LLC and WF Prime Services, LLC, are distinct entities from affiliated banks and thrifts. © 2025 WF & Company.

Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer

### Growing together for almost 20 years

Transcript: Growing together for almost 20 years

Fernando Rivas:

IHG and WF have been...

[TITLE CARD: Fernando Rivas, Chief Executive Officer, WF Corporate & Investment Banking]

[TITLE CARD: Elie Maalouf, Chief Executive Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts]

Fernando Rivas:

...growing together for almost 20 years. We help them access capital efficiently across the world and grow their business through acquisitions.

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6,600+ properties; InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort; Phu Quoc, Vietnam

2,200+ hotels in development pipeline; Avid and Candlewood Suites; North Platte, US]

Fernando Rivas:

WF is one of the largest, most profitable banks in the world. That gives us an enormous capacity to be there for our clients. IHG and WF both value showing your clients you care, having a relationship. There’s a lot of magic in that.

Close with music

Sponsored by WF Corporate & Investment Banking
The Next Horizon
IHG Hotels & Resorts
bloomberg.com/thenexthorizon
WF Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) and WF Securities (WFS) are the trade names used for the corporate banking, capital markets, and investment banking services of WF & Company and its subsidiaries, including but not limited to WF Securities, LLC, member of NYSE, FINRA, NFA, and SIPC, WF Prime Services, LLC, member of FINRA, NFA and SIPC, and WF Bank, N.A., member NFA and swap dealer registered with the CFTC and security-based swap dealer registered with the SEC, member FDIC. WF Securities, LLC and WF Prime Services, LLC, are distinct entities from affiliated banks and thrifts. © 2025 WF & Company.

Fernando Rivas, Chief Executive Officer, WF Corporate & Investment Banking

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