ATLANTA — IHG Hotels & Resorts' growth strategy is coming to fruition, according to Julienne Smith, IHG's chief development officer for the Americas.

洲际酒店集团美洲区首席开发官Julienne Smith表示，洲际酒店集团的增长战略即将取得成果。

In a video interview with Hotel News Now at the recent Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, Smith said the United Kingdom-based company has recently signed twice as many deals in the luxury and lifestyle segment than it had five years ago.

在最近的亨特酒店投资会议上，史密斯在接受《酒店新闻》的视频采访时表示，这家总部位于英国的公司最近在奢侈品和生活方式领域签署的协议是五年前的两倍。

Six out of IHG's 19 brands are in the luxury and lifestyle segment. They include Six Senses, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo and Vignette Collection.

洲际酒店集团旗下19个品牌中有6个属于奢侈品和生活方式品牌。其中包括六善酒店、丽晶酒店及度假村、金普顿酒店及餐厅、洲际酒店及度假村、英迪格酒店和Vignette Collection。

"When you look at our pipeline for last year and what we signed, about 15% of our pipeline is luxury and lifestyle; so again, that's double from what we've done previously. Eighty-five percent is still mainstream or upper-midscale ... extended-stay brands. That's where our bread and butter has been as a company, so these additional brands that we've added have really given us scale and given us weight with key accounts and those who want to have a stay experience across the breadth of our portfolio," she said.

“当你看到我们去年的计划和我们签下的合同，大约15%的管道是奢侈品和生活方式；所以，这是我们以前的两倍。85%仍然是主流或中上规模的......长期停留品牌。这是我们作为一家公司的面包和黄油，所以我们增加的这些额外品牌真的给了我们规模，给了我们与关键客户和那些希望在我们的投资组合的宽度上有一个住宿体验的人的重量。”

Today, about two-thirds of signings across IHG's brands are new builds despite the economic environment being more conducive to existing hotels and conversions, Smith added.

史密斯补充说，如今，洲际酒店集团旗下品牌约三分之二的签约项目是新建酒店，尽管经济环境更有利于现有酒店改建。

About one-third are conversions, and that's still many more conversions than IHG has ever signed.

大约三分之一是换牌业务，这仍然比洲际酒店集团签下的换牌业务多得多。