Britain’s Most Admired... Leisure & hotels

Tuesday, 27 November 2007

It's as you were in the leisure category, with Intercontinental romping home in top spot again, closely followed by Carnival and First Choice.

1. InterContinental Hotels – 64.1
2. Carnival – 61.7
3. First Choice – 61.3
4. Whitbread – 61.0
5. Ladbrokes – 56.9

The world’s biggest hotel operator has had a hectic year, signing up another 55,000 rooms in the first half – that averages out to two hotels every day. It’s also spending $1bn re-branding its Holiday Inn chain.  Carnival, the $28bn cruise operator, suffered – like most of the travel industry – from the escalating cost of fuel, and also bid bon voyage to veteran CEO Bob Dickinson. But it still saw profits rise 12% in the third quarter. UK travel company First Choice tried to sell its package holiday division and ended up merging with TUI’s travel division. So far, integration plans remain on track.

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