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Smithfield Foods' North American pork business reported an 11.7% profit increase to $182M in H1 2026, driven by lower hog-raising costs. However, companywide pork revenue fell 3.9% to $5.4B, and operating profit dropped 31% to $176M due to weaker results in China and Europe. Packaged meats profit declined 4.2% to $545M amid higher costs. WH Group's total revenue rose 3.3% to $13.8B, while operating profit fell 2.2% to $1.23B.

Barclays reported U.S. hotel revenue per available room rose 8.2% year-over-year in July, driven by higher occupancy and daily rates. Luxury and Economy segments showed strong growth, with Luxury up 17.7%. Individual companies like MAR and HLT saw revenue growth of 9.5% and 7.9%, respectively. Global trends were positive, with the Americas leading at 8% growth.

Ballotti Geoffrey A (President and CEO) sold 19,414 shares of WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. (WH) at $72.71 ($1.41M total) on 2026-08-17 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Hudson Rock says a hacker group called “TheHatman” posted millions of employee records allegedly taken from Azure tenants of firms including McDonald’s (about 1.7M records), TCS (~800k), Vodafone (~425k), and HCL (~250k). Researchers say samples look like Azure directory exports. TCS told the Bombay Stock Exchange it found no credible breach and said the data is over four years old.

The article says AI adoption is shifting from infrastructure to measurable business results. It cites Airbnb, Booking, Choice Hotels, and Wyndham, noting improvements such as Airbnb resolving 45% of AI-assistant customer issues without humans and cutting support cost per booking about 16%. Booking reports double-digit lower service costs. Choice and Wyndham report large basis-point gains from AI tools.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.43 per share, payable Sept. 30, 2026, to holders of record Sept. 15, 2026, according to the company. The article links Wyndham’s ECHO Suites Extended Stay awards to strength in extended-stay franchising and cites forecasts of $1.7B revenue and $446.2M earnings by 2029.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) said its board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.43 per share on common stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 30, 2026 to shareholders of record as of Sept. 15, 2026, according to the company.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) reported Q2 2026 revenue of $375M and net income of $102M, with diluted EPS of $1.36. For full year 2026, it raised net revenue guidance to $1.48B-$1.5B and guided global RevPAR to flat to up 1%. International RevPAR fell 6% in Q2, while the U.S. rose 2%.

Performance improved notably in Wyndham's three largest states — Texas, California and Florida — which together account for one-quarter of the company's U.S. room count. Ballotti said those states improved from a 3% RevPAR decline in the first quarter to 4% growth in the second quarter.

Wyndham (NYSE:WH) reported Q2 CY2026 revenue of $375 million, down 5.5% year on year and below analyst expectations. The company guided full-year revenue to $1.49 billion at the midpoint. Adjusted EPS was $1.48, up from $1.33, beating consensus by 4.9%.