european hotel valuation index
European Hotel Values See Modest Rise in 2023 but Fail to Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels, Reveals Latest HVS Valuation Index
HVS | March 11, 2024
11 March 2024, London: Hotel values across Europe remained steady in 2023 buoyed by the consolidation of the post-pandemic recovery and a steady desire to travel keeping average room rates strong, according to the annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) published this week by global hotel consultancy HVS. These influences combined to offset the impact of a number of geopolitical challenges including the war in Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas and the shaky Chinese economy as well as increasing operating costs and high interest rates. The result was a modest uplift in hotel values of around 1% across Europe keeping them...
European Hotel Values Rise 3% in 2022 in What Proved a Mixed Year for the Sector
March 23, 2023
Hotel values across Europe rose around 3% in 2022 with Paris, London, Zürich, Amsterdam and Rome remaining those with the highest valued hotels, according to our annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) published this week. During 2022, hotel values benefitted from a number of factors including strong improvement in RevPAR and the recovery of ancillary revenues. Despite this, high inflation, an increasing cost of debt and the looming threat of recession limited the recovery of values, leaving them below their 2019 peak. ‘The pandemic year of 2020 witnessed hotel values plummet by around 15%, although they rallied by around 5...
Cost Efficiencies and Strong Investor Appetite Hold Hotel Values Relatively Firm, Says HVS Report
HVS | March 28, 2022
London - March 28, 2022 - Europe’s hotels saw a recovery in values in 2021 buoyed by cost efficiencies, strong demand in the second half of the year and continued investment interest, according to the annual European Hotel Valuation Index published this week by global hotel consultancy HVS. The report indicates a 5% average improvement on values compared with 2020. The fact investors maintained their interest in hotels during the pandemic has held values fairly steady, particularly in properties with good potential and in strong locations driving demand for deals that are realistically priced. There was no real volume of distressed s...
Europe’s Hotels See Values Fall by up to 15% but Longer Term Outlook Strong, Reveals HVS Report
HVS | March 31, 2021
London - March 31, 2021 - Sharp declines in revenue caused by the pandemic coupled with a more cautious approach to lending has prompted hotel valuations to fall over the past 12 months, although not as steeply as some had initially anticipated. This is the key finding of the annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) compiled by global hotel consultancy HVS, which reports that in the year of the COVID-19 outbreak hotel values saw average declines of between 5% and 15% compared with the previous year. Last year followed a decade of hotel value rises across Europe, with 2019 posting an average 3% increase – with some properties in...
Europe’s Hotels See Third Year of Value Rise, Reveals Annual HVS Report
HVS | February 26, 2020
26 February 2020, London: Hotel values across Europe gained a further 3% last year according to the annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) compiled by global hotel consultancy HVS, marking the third year of increase for Europe’s hotel sector. Most of the cities in the survey showed a positive valuation performance in 2019, with 10 experiencing value swings of over 5%. Only six of the 33 markets tracked in the European HVI showed a value decline. The year saw increased momentum for hotels in Southern Europe, with an overall increase in values of 7% - up from 4% in 2018 – with all cities in the region showing a value rise. Easter...
European Hotel Rooms See Strong Growth in Value With Gains Across Most Cities, Reveals HVS Valuation Index
HVS | February 25, 2019
25 February 2019, London: Hotel values across Europe registered another strong year in 2018 showing 3% growth and reaching new highs, according to the annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI), compiled by global hotel consultancy HVS. Although a more modest growth than that of 2017 at 3.9%, 2018 saw recovery for many cities as well as a levelling off in values for some markets, which had previously been depressed compared with the European average. "While there has been geopolitical uncertainty and instability in Europe, the influence of this on investors, developers and lenders within the hotel sector seems to be continually lesseni...
2018 European Hotel Valuation Index
Simon Hulten | March 6, 2018
By Simon Hulten and Sophie Perret 2017 was a spectacular year. The headwinds from geopolitical uncertainty and instability proved surmountable, and hotel values across Europe grew by 3.9%. Read the article in full for an in-depth look at average hotel values across Europe. ...
Hotel Values Rise in Eastern Europe While Those in the West Face Tougher Times, Says Hotel Valuation Index
HVS | March 6, 2017
6 March 2017, London: Hotels in Eastern Europe are benefitting from tough times in Western Europe with room values in the region seeing an impressive 11% average growth, according to the 2017 European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) published this week by global hotel consultancy HVS. In a year that saw little change in values across the rest of Europe hotels in Bratislava topped the list of value rises, up 18.9% year-on-year, while hotel room values in Sofia rose 16%. Bucharest saw hotel room values up 14.6%, while those in both Budapest and Prague were up 9.9%. While many Eastern European markets saw their hotel room values rise from a re...
