Stuart Ford | VP & Head, IR |
Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson | CFO |
Jamie Rollo | Morgan Stanley |
Vicki Stern | Barclays |
Bilal Aziz | UBS |
James Ainley | Citi |
Alex Brignall | Redburn |
Thank you, Stephanie and good morning everyone and welcome from me to IHG’s Conference Call for the Third Quarter 2021 Trading Update. I am Stuart Ford, Head of Investor Relations at IHG and I am joined this morning by Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson, our Chief Financial Officer and Group Head of Strategy.
Just to remind listeners on the call that in the discussions today the company may make certain forward-looking statements as defined under U.S. law. Do please refer to this morning’s announcement and the company’s SEC filings for factors that could lead actual results to differ from those expressed in, or implied by any such forward looking statements.