{"id":178051,"date":"2026-01-14T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/ihg-taps-mcdonalds-vp-to-guide-artificial-intelligence-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:05:17","slug":"ihg-taps-mcdonalds-vp-to-guide-artificial-intelligence-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/ihg-taps-mcdonalds-vp-to-guide-artificial-intelligence-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"IHG taps McDonald\u2019s VP to guide artificial intelligence strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoteldive.com\/news\/ihg-appoints-technology-executive\/809592\/\">IHG taps McDonald\u2019s VP to guide artificial intelligence strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoteldive.com\/news\/ihg-appoints-technology-executive\/809592\/\">https:\/\/www.hoteldive.com\/news\/ihg-appoints-technology-executive\/809592\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-14 10:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.hoteldive.com\">www.hoteldive.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IHG Hotels &amp; Resorts has appointed Wei Manfredi as senior vice president of AI and architecture to guide its artificial intelligence strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Manfredi is tasked with enhancing IHG\u2019s technical and data architecture, and fostering partnerships with leading tech firms for an innovative and secure AI approach.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to joining IHG, Manfredi served as vice president of global architecture, data, and generative AI at McDonald\u2019s, and has held leadership roles at Google Cloud, Lululemon, and Visa.<\/li>\n<li>IHG cites Manfredi\u2019s reputation as a top AI leader and one of the 100 most influential AI leaders in America, highlighting her extensive experience in AI-driven strategies for global brands.<\/li>\n<li>The appointment signifies IHG\u2019s commitment to bolstering its technology leadership to benefit its owners, guests, and teams, as competitors like Marriott, Wyndham, and Hyatt invest in agentic development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHG taps McDonald\u2019s VP to guide artificial intelligence strategy https:\/\/www.hoteldive.com\/news\/ihg-appoints-technology-executive\/809592\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-14 10:03:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/Xq7UG1_Yq9PogrQRo_zQhWwx9c80ooE2e4lf2geejXo\/g:ce\/rs:fit:770:435\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9paGctYXBwb2ludHMtd2VpLW1hbmZyZWRpLXRvLWFjY2VsZXJhdGUtYWktZHJpdmVuLWlubm92YXRpb24uanBn.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-178051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178053,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178051\/revisions\/178053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}