Industry Market Reports
CBRE Updates U.S. Lodging Forecast to Further Account for Delta Variant’s Impacts
CBRE Group, Inc. | October 12, 2021
Dallas, TX – October 12, 2021 – The COVID-19 Delta variant’s emergence and spread has hampered plans for group and business travel this fall and winter, spurring CBRE Hotels Research to temper its expectations in September 2021 for Q4 2021 U.S. lodging performance on a national basis. CBRE’s tempered outlook extends into 2022, given the likelihood that corporate travel budgets will remain constrained next year. Earlier this year, the lodging outlook had been brighter due to strong leisure demand boosting summer occupancy levels beyond expectations at U.S. hotels. But the emergence of the Delta variant sapped momentum from more lucrat...
Expedia Group Media Solutions Releases Q2 Trend Report for Travel Recovery
Expedia Group Media Solutions | August 10, 2021
SEATTLE, WA – August 10, 2021 – Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, the global travel advertising platform connecting marketers with hundreds of millions of travelers across the Expedia Group brand, today released its Q2 2021 Travel Recovery Trend Report. The quarterly report combines Expedia Group first-party data and custom research with actionable insights to help travel marketers on their road to recovery. “Throughout Q2, we continued to see strong global search growth, rising international searches and lengthening search windows, among other key milestones,” said Wendy Olson Killion, Senior Vice Presid...
Global Hotel Demand Uptick Tussles With Competing Costs
HotStats | June 29, 2021
With the global pandemic showing some signs of relent, the collective hotel industry is reaping the reward, as travelers get back on planes or hit the road for a well-needed break from work-from-home monotony and Netflix overload. The hotel industry is happy to welcome them back, but a continued revenue shortfall—the product of some segments still not returning with gusto, such as corporate and group—complemented by expense creep and an all-too-difficult labor market, are having consequence on the bottom line. The U.S. Push Here’s a stat: On June 25, 2021, 2,137,584 people passed through U.S. airports, according to the TSA,...
EHL European Hotel Transaction Price Index Shows Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis
Dr René-Ojas Woltering | June 8, 2021
By Dr René-Ojas Woltering EHL’s Institute of Real Estate, Finance & Economics is pleased to present the first update of the European Hotel Transaction Price Index that was initially launched last year. In 2020, European hotel transaction prices decreased on average by 11.1% vs. the prior year. The total transaction volume recorded by Real Capital Analytics (RCA) decreased to EUR 10.5 bn, which is 59% lower than the record transaction volume of 2019. A smaller drop than expected To date, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the European hotel real estate sector is significantly smaller than the -30% drop associated with the 2009 gl...
HotStats Releases 2020 Global Profit and Loss Data Report
HotStats | March 24, 2021
LONDON - March 24, 2021 - HotStats, the global leader in monthly profit and loss data benchmarking, has released the findings of its "Profit Matters Global Hotel Performance Review 2020." The annual report tracks global hotel industry performance across myriad revenue, expense and profitability metrics and features commentary focused on the trends that drove business in 2020. 2020 was like no other year on record and operational data supported that, with most metrics down considerably year-over-year, as the hotel industry was forced to cope with the pernicious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though asset types fared differently, all wer...
Key Events Lifting U.K. Hotel Occupancy Later in 2021
STR | February 5, 2021
February 5 2021 - For many parts of the world, hotel performance is forecasted for more meaningful improvement during the second half of 2021. That optimism is underpinned by the assumption of widespread vaccination distribution, lower COVID-19 case numbers and improved context for travel and events. In Europe, STR’s forward-looking data supports that optimism with visible market-level spikes around key events scheduled for the second quarter and beyond. This data, powered by Forward STAR, is a significant advancement for an industry needing to make the most of recovery when it kicks into gear. Below are a few glaring examples right n...
COVID-19’s Impact on the Portland Lodging Market
HVS | February 4, 2021
February 2, 2021 - Amid a worldwide pandemic, the lodging industry is facing a downturn that is greater than the past two lodging-market declines combined. Our estimate is that local occupancy declined from the 2019 benchmark of roughly 74% to 35% in 2020, reflecting a 53-point correction, while ADR declined 25% ($137 to $103). Portland 2021–2023 Forecast Source: STR (Historical Years) and HVS (Forecast) 2020 Major Factors Virtually all significant corporate travel dissipated in 2020 because of the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most businesses began reopening in late May 2020, major employers such as Nike an...
The U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Stands at 5,216 Projects/650,222 Rooms at Year-End 2020
Lodging Econometrics | January 28, 2021
PORTSMOUTH, NH - January 28, 2021 – According to Lodging Econometrics’ (LE’s) Construction Pipeline Trend Report for the United States, the total U.S. construction pipeline stands at 5,216 projects/650,222 rooms. These are year-end 2020 results, and are down only incrementally, as the United States grappled with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, an election, civil unrest, and the large and rapid partisan shift taking place. However, the announcement of various vaccine developments and distribution was undeniably good news for the general public, businesses, hotel development and the lodging industry as a whole, especially going forward....
