Joanna Kurowska, managing director for UK and Ireland at IHG, talks us through the event.

The company currently has 217 properties and more than 35,000 rooms in development.

New laws introduced in parliament earlier this week will establish a legally binding arbitration process for commercial landlords and tenants.

Knight Frank looked at occupancies, average daily rate and profit to give a snapshot of the industry.

The best performance came in countries with more domestic and leisure customers.

Since the vaccine rollout gathered pace at the start of the year, some hotel executives have been optimistic about the return of bookings.

The speed of recovery will be the major issue in 2022, but will be driven by factors outside of the industry’s control.

The inability to recruit staff is causing hotels to rethink their operations.

The new entity will feature 14 hotel and co-working brands with 87 properties spread across the globe and 146 more in the pipeline.

The new initiative doesn't seem to have much input from hotels.