The debut of two hotels in Lima, Peru from IHG Hotels and Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle brands represents a key milestone in the hospitality giant’s expansion into South America.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has announced Guayaquil will be the luxury hospitality brand’s first destination in Ecuador. InterContinental Guayaquil will welcome guests with inspired interiors, elevated amenities and culturally rich experiences that provide insider expertise to all the destination has to offer. Located in Guayaquil’s exclusive Samborondón district, the hotel is set to open in 2027.

Kimpton, part of the IHG luxury lifestyle portfolio of hotels, has unveiled plans to develop the brand’s next Texas location in the picturesque Hill Country. Poised to open in 2027, Kimpton Fredericksburg will anchor the 22-acre mixed-use development, The Meuse.

The upcoming launch of InterContinental Brisbane in late June, will see the hotel take over the site of the former Hilton Brisbane, marking a new chapter for the historic property and the brand’s debut in the Queensland capital.

New Zealand will welcome a new boutique luxury hotel brand to its accommodation landscape with the soft opening of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Hotel Indigo Auckland on 23 December, just in time for the holiday season.

Thailand continues to be an area of focus for IHG Hotels & Resorts, with the signing of the Intercontinental Phang-Nga Bay Resort which is set to open in 2028.

Six Senses is adding new properties in Italy, with the ultra-luxury hospitality company securing hotel management deals with Gruppo Statuto for Six Senses Milan and Six Senses Lake Como. They build on the 2023 opening of Six Senses Rome in the restored Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, and Six Senses Antognolla in Umbria

The Regent hotel brand has returned to the shores of the United States with the opening of Regent Santa Monica Beach.Regent Santa Monica Beach, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle portfolio, reintroduces the legendary Regent name to Los Angeles and becomes the brand’s first flagship property within the Americas. Originally located in Beverly Hills, Regent returns along one of the nation’s most celebrated beaches and just steps from the famed Santa Monica Pier. The destination resort will deliver inspired stays through a blend of timeless elegance and modern luxury and is poised to usher in a new era of extraordinary experiences.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has introduced InterContinental Chantilly Château Mont Royal to its growing luxury and lifestyle portfolio. Redefining a quintessentially 19th Century Château, this individualist property is just 30 minutes by train from Paris and promises an enchanting escape that feels worlds apart from the fast-paced French capital.

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is expanding regionally in the Americas market with the addition of a picturesque country estate outside Western Pennyslvania. Six Senses RiverStone Estate is situated on a sprawling wooded ridge at the confluence of the Allegheny and Clarion Rivers, 90 minutes north of Pittsburgh.

IHG Hotels & Resorts has debuted its first Hotel Indigo resort in the Middle East with the opening of Hotel Indigo Jabal Akhdar Resort & Spa.

Hotel Indigo has opened Hotel Indigo Bandung Dago Pakar, its second property in Indonesia and a tribute to the rich tapestry of Sundanese culture and the natural splendour of Bandung.