Analysis: At What Occupancy Rate Can a Hotel Break-Even?

HotStats | May 14, 2020

By David Eisen and Laura Resco COVID-19 has made breaking-even more tolerable than the alternative—going broke. It's not the hand hoteliers wanted, but it's the hand they've been dealt, forcing them to approximate at what occupancy rate they can operate their hotel such that cost and revenue are equal. In these extraordinary times, it's been all pain, no gain. But as the global economy resets, hoteliers are digging themselves out from the coronavirus carnage. And a break-even analysis is one way to jumpstart the excavation project. One hotelier who knows this is Imesh Vaidya, CEO of Premier Hospitality, which is based in Alb...