Healthy Consumer, Spending Shifts Benefit U.S. Lodging & Leisure

Fitch Ratings | February 10, 2017

Fitch Ratings-New York-10 February 2017: A healthy U.S. consumer bodes well in the near term for the U.S. lodging and leisure sectors, according to the first edition of Fitch Ratings' "All Inclusive: U.S. Lodging & Leisure Handbook." "With consumer confidence, employment and household balance sheets at or near the strongest levels in 15 years, lodging and leisure sector fundamentals are on solid near-term footing," says Stephen Boyd, Senior Director, U.S. Corporates. "Longer term, consumer preferences for experiences rather than physical goods will benefit the sector, specifically hospitality and travel-...