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Our head of travel here, she sits on the board of Marriott International Luxury Brands.

She's on with IHG regularly and consistently involved in those networks.

So it's having very... you know, entrepreneurial individuals within the company as well and building those relationships.

And then relationships come to us.

I had worked for LG in their corporate organizational development office.

I later would work for Intercontinental Hotels in their corporate organizational development office.

And so I'd had some of these experiences and, and, you know, that was good.

Um, I had also worked with a consulting company, you know, that did external consulting work.

Nearly all the coverage repeats Accor's press release, superlatives included.

No independent source has verified how well the tool works, and none of the big groups, not Accor, not Hilton, not IHG, has published data on how far these tools move bookings away from the OTAs.

Declared intentions, for now.

The real topic, she says, is what happens to those without a group.

Welcome to TMI's Treasury Cast.

I'm Eleanor Hill, Editorial Consultant at TMI, and today we're exploring how IHG and Standard Chartered have expanded their relationship across multiple markets and what it takes to make global banking partnerships work effectively at a local level.

So to do that, I'm delighted to be joined by Bert Heirbaut, who is Treasury Director at IHG, and Marion Reuter, who is regional head of transaction banking and corporate sales Europe at Standard Chartered.

Welcome both of you.

It's so good to have you here.

So we've got loads to talk about.

You've been on a very exciting journey together, but, but let's kick off with you.

I'm sure many of the listeners know IHG and have no doubt stayed in many hotels of yours as I have, but obviously you, you operate globally.

Now is the time to visit before the rest of the world finds out, an Australia-based company offering trips to the region says on its website.

International hotel brands have moved in, including Hyatt, IHG, and Marriott.

At the Conrad Altay Himu Hotel, part of a luxury chain under Hilton, rooms this winter can cost $500 or more per night.

Jobs at one hotel under a major Chinese chain, meanwhile, required workers to love the party and to be able to converse in the national common language.

Now is the time to visit before the rest of the world finds out, an Australia-based company offering trips to the region says on its website.

International hotel brands have moved in, including Hyatt, IHG, and Marriott.

At the Conrad Altay Himu Hotel, part of a luxury chain under Hilton, rooms this winter can cost $500 or more per night.

Jobs at one hotel under a major Chinese chain, meanwhile, required workers to love the party and to be able to converse in the national common language.

No complaints.

uh of course it's not a Hilton it's not a Hilton it's IHG and I'm like whatever I am premium elite select whatever they bow when I go in there and they give me a bottle of water so anyway we got on the road got home just in time to watch the game it was very very good game Steelers won for sports people yesterday it was disappointing to watch the Jets beat the Jets if you don't think The head coach of a football team makes a difference.

You look at the New York Giants, and you look at the New York Jets.

All right? The New York Giants, they won yesterday.