H World Group Limited (HTHT) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the H-World Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you will need to press star 1, 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1, 1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Ivy Luo. Please go ahead. Thank you, Operator. Good evening and good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. Welcome to H-World Group 2026 Second Quarter and First Half Earnings Conference Call. Joining us today is our founder and executive chairman, Mr. Qi Ji, our CEO, Mr. Jin Hui, our CFO, Mr. Arthur Yu. Following our prepared remarks, management will be available to answer your questions. Before we continue, please note that the discussion today will include forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provision of the United States Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. As such, our results may be materially different from the views expressed today. A number of potential risks and uncertainties are outlined in our public filings with SEC. H-World Group does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable laws. On the call today, we will also mention adjusted financial measures during the discussion of our performance. Reconciliation of those measures to comparable gap information can be found in our earnings release that was distributed earlie...