IHG said 90 per cent of its hotels had been reopened, with the Maldives opening its borders this month. Its hotels in the UK will open in phases from SaturdayThe FTSE 100 hotel group behind the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza chains said it was making “small but steady improvements” as it seeks to bounce back from the lockdown. In the Americas the proportion of properties still closed was only 5 per cent. It said it was also making good progress on taking its hotels out of hibernation in its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia region as government-imposed lockdowns eased. About 30 per cent remain closed, while in Greater China,

Source: The Times June 30, 2020 23:03 UTC