InterContinental Carlton Cannes to become a Regent hotel

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• JDB says:

  6 Dec6 December 10:19

  It makes sense to rebrand some of the better ICs as Regent as the IC brand is currently incoherent in terms of quality and price with the highest ADR range in the IHG brand portfolio and Regent (as was) is a superior brand. One can only hope Cannes will re-emerge as a better hotel as it had become so shoddy and the loos had become a no go area for ordinary guests.

  • Tom says:

    6 Dec6 December 10:39

    Exactly. IC right now is everything from hotels competing with Marriott/Hilton through hotels competing with Conrad/JW Marriott to a small number of flagship properties competing with Waldorf Astoria/St. Regis. The highest end properties are being tainted as a result, makes sense to try to rebrand. Similarly, the lowest end IC (think O2 in London) should really be Crowne Plaza except that’s also a very poor brand. IHG and Accor both have a load of brands that are largely meaningless in terms of universal standards and I don’t know how they fix this without massive rebranding.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      6 Dec6 December 10:49

      Mmm if you think O2 is the low end you’ve seen nothing!

      Better ones get changed to Regent, opens gap for an new IC where they’d like a new IC but the current can’t meet that standard they sign up a Regent. Sometimes new brands do make sense 😉

      • JDB says:

        6 Dec6 December 11:03

        One has to hope that IHG will maintain Regent standards that were much higher (and connected to Four Seasons) than IC. I don’t know what say Regent still has in its capacity as a large but minority shareholder. There were quite a few negative changes already at the Regent in Beijing in 2019. IHG panders to owners too much and doesn’t really have luxury in its DNA. Four Seasons will just walk away when owners try to cut corners, hence many recent bust ups.

        • TGLoyalty says:

          6 Dec6 December 16:58

          the owner of Regent was the group that owns the Regent Taipai – not sure they hold any other assets?

          they have a 49% stake so probably still a significant say but what influence does that have when you operate asset light?

          Regent Singapore leaves in Jan to be rebranded as a Conrad and refurbished during 2023/4

• Dace says:

  6 Dec6 December 13:38

  AMB really needs to apply to IC and Regent, cannot see the point of it if it doesn’t give the benefits at its’ best brand. Additionally, Regent’s footprint is way too small at the moment to try and establish a new version of AMB aside from the current one.

• Jaime says:

  6 Dec6 December 19:03

  Olé! I got 4 flights for £26 each today, which will be £16 after my discount on Budgetair. London-Vienna over Navidad y Año Nuevo. (Christmas.) Ryanair but beggars can’t be choosers. I actually like Ryanair’s efficiency and don’t need much luggage. ¿Quién dijo que las tarifas baratas se han ido para siempre?

  ie you can still get £15 tickets.

• Erico1875 says:

  6 Dec6 December 19:56

  When I looked, only the London one was included

  • Erico1875 says:

    6 Dec6 December 21:33

    Just checked again. Only ME, London is included for UK hotels

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