Travel and leisure: sector news on Saturday 24 October 2026
Average tone +2.3 (slightly positive) across 5 companies with relevant coverage, from 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Airlines Group | +2.3 | 17 | Coverage was mixed: IAG's EUR 500 million buyback, new British Airways and Aer Lingus routes and a broker's positive airline pick were positives. |
| EasyJet | +4.5 | 15 | Coverage focused on easyJet's offer to meet the cost of a baby's first passport, presented favourably, alongside announcements of new routes. |
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | +5.5 | 13 | Most coverage concerned IHG signing up Holiday Inn Raipur, a hotel with 156 keys, together with reports of its strongest RevPAR growth of the year, driven by US demand, and confirmed targets alongside share buybacks. |
| Games Workshop | +0.3 | 6 | Coverage was mixed. |
| Whitbread | −1.2 | 3 | Coverage was mainly about Whitbread resisting a board push from Corvex, with a question over whether the upside is already priced in. |
Strongest stories in the sector
- +10.0 IHG's best RevPAR growth this year was driven by US demand.
- +9.2 IAG has started a EUR 500 million share repurchase.
- +8.3 Reaffirmed targets and ongoing share buyback signal confidence.
- +7.5 Surplus cash and Warhammer growth support continued dividend payouts.
- +7.0 Positive customer-friendly passport offer for families.
- +6.8 Free baby passports offer tied to rising infant travel.
- +6.7 Passport funding for Edinburgh families, positive marketing.
- +6.7 Covers newborn passport costs, positive for families.
- +6.7 Passport fee boost for families, positive offer.
- +6.7 Positive promotion covering baby passport costs.
- +6.7 BA returns to Sri Lanka, network expansion.
- +6.3 Two new routes from Belfast International.
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