Travel and leisure: sector news on Friday 23 October 2026
Average tone +4.1 (positive) across 5 companies with relevant coverage, from 82 stories.
How to read a score. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| EasyJet | +4.5 | 36 | Coverage was dominated by easyJet's offer to cover the £66.50 baby passport fee, alongside new route announcements from Malaga and the UK. |
| International Airlines Group | +2.0 | 25 | Coverage was dominated by British Airways network expansion, new Avios routes and the finished Starlink Wi-Fi rollout, plus a J.P. |
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | +8.3 | 12 | Coverage centred on IHG's third-quarter trading update, with stronger RevPAR, accelerating growth and full-year expectations backed. |
| Games Workshop | +2.8 | 6 | Coverage was mostly about Warhammer products and licensed games, including Christmas boxes and the Dawn of War IV beta and trailer, plus a dividend analysis and a small director share purchase. |
| Whitbread | +3.0 | 3 | Coverage mixed positive Premier Inn momentum and a mobile key rollout at Hub by Premier Inn with a story about the board facing an activist investor. |
Strongest stories in the sector
- +10.0 IHG RevPAR jumps on stronger fundamentals; CEO cites pickup in outbound travel from China
RevPAR jump on stronger fundamentals and China travel pickup. - +10.0 Earnings call transcript: IHG Hotels & Resorts posts strong Q3 2026 growth
Strong Q3 growth reported on earnings call. - +9.7 Intercontinental Hotels Group: Strong Q3 RevPAR led by the Americas and a surprising EMEAA
Strong Q3 RevPAR led by Americas, EMEAA surprise. - +9.2 BofA raises InterContinental Hotels stock price target on RevPAR beat By Investing.com
BofA raises price target after RevPAR beat. - +9.2 IHG backs full-year expectations as third-quarter growth accelerates
Backs full-year expectations as Q3 growth accelerates. - +8.3 J.P. Morgan keeps Buy rating for International Airlines Group stock
J.P. Morgan keeps Buy rating on IAG - +8.3 Q3 Trading Update to 30 September 2026
Company's own Q3 trading update showing growth. - +7.5 EasyJet has just announced that it will be launching 23 handy new flight routes from the UK next summer - and 6 of them are taking off from London
23 new UK routes next summer. - +7.5 IHG Hotels in Europe Pass 1,000, With 280 More Planned
Milestone of 1,000 European hotels with 280 more planned. - +7.5 FTSE 100 Whitbread (LSE:WTB) Rides Premier Inn Momentum
Positive momentum coverage of Premier Inn and Whitbread shares. - +7.0 IHG Hotels & Resorts Hits 1,000 Open Hotels in Europe
Reaches 1,000 open hotels in Europe, a growth milestone. - +6.7 EasyJet launches new routes from Malaga as low-cost airline nears 50 million passengers
New Malaga routes and nearing 50 million passengers.
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