Boom to Bust; Eagle Ford Shale Lodging Markets Update

Jonathan Jaeger, MAI | December 17, 2015

By Jonathan Jaeger and Robert Van Laer The current lodging industry fundamentals within the Eagle Ford Shale (EFS) markets have changed dramatically over the past twelve months. As previously discussed within the Hotel Rush! Texas Energy Lodging Markets 2014 article, the EFS is one of the largest single economic developments in the history of the State of Texas as a result of technological advances to allow for economically feasible domestic oil & natural gas production. In many rural areas throughout south Texas, demand for hotel rooms had been growing exponentially due to increased activity from drilling crews, land surveyors, eng...