InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has made its shareholders “a lot of money,” Chief Executive Officer Richard Solomons says, and the company faces no pressure to sell itself or pursue another lodging chain. He declines to discuss a Sky News report that the parent of Holiday Inn has rejected a $10.1 billion bid—not just once but five times—in the course of an interview on Monday. Solomons, 52, who is about to celebrate his third anniversary as InterContinental’s CEO, dismisses the story as “speculative” and a distraction without directly calling it incorrect.

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