Revenue per available room†
Total gross revenue‡ from all hotels in IHG system
Continuing revenue
Continuing operating profit*
The Americas
2007 $440m
EMEA
2007 $134m
Asia Pacific
2007 $63m
Record net room additions
Opened over one new hotel a day∞
Signed almost two new hotels a day∞
Final dividend maintained
Key
- † Total system room revenue divided by the number of room nights available.
- ‡ Total room revenue from franchised hotels and total hotel revenue from managed, owned and leased hotels (not revenue attributable to IHG, as it is derived mainly from hotels owned by third parties).
- º Includes four significant liquidated damages receipts totalling $33m; $13m in Americas, $16m in EMEA, $4m in Asia Pacific. (No such individually significant receipts in 2007).
- * Operating profit before exceptional items.
- ∞ An average for 2008.
- § The Group’s reporting currency changed from sterling to US dollars in 2008. Dividends are now determined in US dollars and converted into sterling immediately before announcement. The sterling final dividend equivalent is 20.2p per share.
