Stuart Ford | VP & Head, IR |
Keith Barr | CEO & Director |
Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson | CFO |
Jamie Rollo | Morgan Stanley |
Bilal Aziz | UBS |
Vicki Stern | Barclays Bank |
Jaafar Mestari | Exane BNP Paribas |
Richard Clarke | Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. |
Leo Carrington | Crédit Suisse |
Timothy Barrett | Numis Securities Limited |
Alex Brignall | Redburn |
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the IHG Interim Results to the 30th of June 2021. My name is Brika, and I'll be the event specialist running today's call. [Operator Instructions]. And I will now hand over to our host, Stuart Ford, to begin.
So Stuart, please go ahead, when you're ready.