August 01, 2024
A Georgia federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lodged by InterContinental Hotels Group franchisees who aimed to hold it liable for losses after a 2022 cyberattack that knocked a centralized room-booking platform offline for several weeks.
January 18, 2023
Franchisees of Intercontinental Hotels Group have asked a Georgia federal court to deny the hotel giant's bid to throw out their proposed class action over a data breach by hackers, saying IHG didn't get the facts straight in its motion to dismiss.
January 02, 2023
Franchisee-driven data privacy litigation against hotels, a push for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a lawsuit over public accommodations' accessibility for the disabled and a closer eye on COVID-19 science in suits involving pandemic-related insurance coverage are some of the cases that will dominate the hospitality landscape in 2023.
September 19, 2022
Intercontinental Hotels Group has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court by franchisees who claim the hotel giant let hackers access the company's network and disrupt functions including the online platform that guests in the United States use to reserve rooms.