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September 2024 Hotel Industry Outlook: Anticipating Accelerated Growth
Anne R. Lloyd-Jones | October 4, 2024
After twelve months of declining occupancy and improving ADR from April 2023 through March 2024, the U.S. lodging market appears to have entered a period of relative stability, with changes in both metrics more subdued than in the recent past. However, as with most averages, these aggregate results comprise notable variations among individual markets and lodging segments. The meeting and group segment continues to increase, supported by both improving convention activity and continued growth in corporate group meetings and events. These trends are particularly beneficial to the luxury and upper-upscale segments of the market, as well as in...
Travel and Tourism Industry Deal Activity Plummets by 41% YoY in January-May 2023, Reveals GlobalData
GlobalData | June 19, 2023
The travel and tourism industry has witnessed a massive 41% year-on-year (YoY) decline in deal activity from 475 deals announced during January-May 2022 to 282* during the first five of months of 2023, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The decline in deal activity in the industry indicates dampened sentiments and cautious approach of investors. The ongoing uncertainties and impact of the geopolitical tensions, inflation and recession fears have forced deal makers to adopt a more conservative approach.” All the deal types under coverage registered decli...
GlobalData Pares Back US Economy Growth to 0.3% in 2023
GlobalData | February 14, 2023
High inflation levels far above the Fed Reserve’s target of 2% and the consequent tightening of monetary policy, which has been hiked eight times from January 2022 to February 2023, will continue to dampen household spending and investments in the US, which will negatively impact the economic growth prospects. As a result, the real GDP growth of the US is set to slow down from 2.1% in 2022 to 0.3% in 2023, forecasts GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, “Macroeconomic Outlook Report: United States,” reveals that the real household consumption expenditure increased by 2.4% in 2022 and is forec...
The Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline Continues to Decline
Lodging Econometrics | November 23, 2020
November 23, 2020 – PORTSMOUTH, NH - According to the latest published Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the Middle East, analysts at Lodging Econometrics (LE) state at the end of the third quarter of 2020, the hotel construction pipeline in the Middle East declined again to 579 projects/168,042 rooms. The Middle East’s pipeline is down 7% by projects and 6% by rooms year-over-year (YOY). This is the fifth consecutive quarter the pipeline has declined since reaching its cyclical peak by projects in Q2 2019. Projects currently under construction stand at 359 projects/117,274 rooms, down slightly from the peak projects and rooms ...
STR: U.S. Hotel Results for Week Ending 14 November
STR | November 19, 2020
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—U.S. weekly hotel occupancy slipped further from previous weeks, according to the latest data from STR through 14 November. 8-14 November 2020 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019): Occupancy: 43.2% (-32.7%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$90.58 (-28.6%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$39.11 (-52.0%) After ranging between 48% and 50% occupancy from mid-July into the later portion of October, the last three weeks have produced levels of 44.4%, 44.1% and 43.2%. Aggregate data for the Top 25 Markets showed lower occupancy (39.7%) but higher ADR (US$96.31) than all other markets....
STR: Canada Hotel Results for Week Ending 14 November
STR | November 19, 2020
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—STR data for 8-14 November 2020 showed slightly lower occupancy from the previous week for Canada’s hotel industry. 8-14 November 2020 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019): Occupancy: 27.8% (-53.5%) Average daily rate (ADR): CAD110.36 (-25.9%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): CAD30.70 (-65.5%) Occupancy for previous weeks came in at 29.4% (7 November), 29.2% (31 October), and 31.1% (24 October), respectively. For the week ending with 14 November, Nova Scotia recorded the highest occupancy level (35.0%) among the provinces. Among the major markets, Vancouver (29.0%) saw the ...
STR: U.S. Hotel Performance for October 2020
STR | November 18, 2020
HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—The U.S. hotel industry showed slightly lower performance from the month prior, according to October 2020 data from STR. October 2020 (percentage change from October 2019): Occupancy: 48.3% (-30.1%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$97.61 (-26.8%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$47.13 (-48.8%) Occupancy remained flat from the previous month, while the ADR and RevPAR levels came in lower than September. More recently, November weekly data showed that occupancy reached its lowest level since the week of June 14-20. Among the Top 25 Markets, Oahu Island, Hawaii, reported the lowest October occ...
Hospitality Data Alert: Top U.S. Thanksgiving Destinations by Hotel Occupancy
Amadeus Hospitality | November 18, 2020
Based on hotel bookings for the week of November 22-28, Amadeus sees potential improvement in Thanksgiving holiday forward-looking occupancy compared to Labor Day As Americans approach what is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year – the day before Thanksgiving – many people want to know if it will maintain its status, albeit under very different circumstances as COVID-19 cases continue to rise again. Amadeus, a global leader in travel technology, with its unique ability to track forward-looking occupancy in major markets around the world, is seeing a positive trend in U.S. hotel bookings the week of Thanksgiving. While overa...
