IHG Hotels & Resorts recorded 24 hotel openings and added 65 hotels and nearly 6,000 rooms to its Americas development pipeline in the first quarter of 2026, with signings up more than 30 percent year-over-year.
The region delivered RevPAR growth across every chain scale and every IHG brand in Q1, driven by business and group travel demand alongside leisure performance. Growth was led by the U.S., with additional contributions from Central America, the Caribbean and Canada.
“Our new deal growth reflects the strength across our entire brand portfolio and the confidence owners have in IHG,” said Mark Sergot, Chief Development Officer, Americas, at IHG. “Pipeline additions were up more than 30 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, driven by continued demand for conversion opportunities and growth across key segments, including Suites and the Holiday Inn brand family.”
In the Essentials & Suites segment, the Holiday Inn brand family recorded 23 signings. Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites and Atwell Suites account for more than one-third of the region’s pipeline and combined for 22 signings in Q1, including Atwell Suites’ debut in Puerto Rico. Conversion brand Garner posted 14 signings and eight openings—including a Mexico debut—adding to nearly 200 open and pipeline hotels globally. Avid Hotels holds a pipeline of nearly 120 properties.
In the Premium segment, voco Hotels opened voco Times Square – Broadway and the brand’s first all-inclusive, voco Sandpiper in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The brand also signed its Hawaii debut in Honolulu. Ruby made its U.S. arrival in Chicago.
Four luxury and lifestyle properties opened in Q1. Kimpton debuted Kimpton Era Midtown in New York City, Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas in Scottsdale, Ariz. and Kimpton Mirador Pacific Grove Monterrey in Pacific Grove, Calif. Hotel Indigo Turks & Caicos Grace Bay marked IHG’s first branded property on that island. IHG also signed Six Senses Camp Korongo, a resort and residences in the Utah desert.
IHG’s Americas system includes more than 4,600 open hotels and a pipeline of nearly 1,100 properties.