Category: Markets

July 25, 2024

The U.S. hotel industry reported higher performance results than the previous week and positive comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 20 July. 14-20 July 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 73.5% (+1.0%) Average daily […]

July 10, 2024

The ‘Love Is In The Air’ Vivid Drone Show and the 71st Sydney Film Festival lifted June hotel performance in the market, according to preliminary data from CoStar. June 2024 (year-over-year % change): Occupancy: 72.6% (+1.0%) Average daily rate (ADR): […]

June 17, 2024

Travel and tourism sector witnessed 10.9% year-on-year (YoY) decline in the number of deals (mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) and venture financing) announced globally during January-May 2024. Despite this downturn, PE deals showed improvement, and European markets showed […]

June 13, 2024

The U.S. hotel industry reported higher performance results from the previous week but mixed comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 8 June. 2-8 June 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 69.1% (-0.1%) Average daily […]

June 12, 2024

Tokyo’s hotel industry reported record-high average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) in May, according to preliminary data from CoStar. May 2024 (year-over-year % change): Occupancy: 78.4% (+4.2%) ADR: JPY 37,671.27 (+44.0%) RevPAR: JPY 29,529.07 (+50.0%) According […]

June 10, 2024

Highlights Low RevPAR growth Upper Upscale hotels did best Storms impacted performance across Texas Madrid enjoyed a Taylor Swift boost Modest Memorial Day week performance U.S. hotel performance over the week of Memorial Day (ending 1 June 2024) showed a […]

June 6, 2024

The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) today unveiled a new study, the “GBTA U.S. Economic Impact Study: Business Travel’s Impact on Jobs and the U.S. Economy,” which quantifies the significant economic impact of traveling for work in the U.S. The […]

June 3, 2024

STR and Tourism Economics made significant downward adjustments to the 2024-25 U.S. hotel forecast just released at the 46th Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. The latest revision reflects lower-than-expected performance thus far in 2024 as well as lessened […]

May 9, 2024

U.S. hotel performance showed mixed results from the previous week, according to CoStar’s latest data through 4 May. 28 April through 4 May 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 64.4% (-0.8%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$159.97 (+1.3%) […]

April 26, 2024

This year, the month of Ramadan began fairly early compared to previous years. The Islamic holiday commenced on Monday, 11 March, and concluded on Tuesday, 9 April – lasting over four weeks. Combined with the Easter holiday weekend (29 March […]

April 25, 2024

U.S. hotel performance showed mixed results from the previous week, according to CoStar’s latest data through 20 April. 14-20 April 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 66.8% (-0.3%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$158.60 (+1.5%) Revenue per available […]

April 22, 2024

2024 reflected an easy comparison to Easter last year and the impact of the solar eclipse. Revenue per available room (RevPAR) rose 5.8% driven by nearly equal gains in occupancy and average daily rate (ADR). However, the growth was not […]

April 18, 2024

Travel and tourism sector witnessed the announcement of 165 deals* globally during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. This represents a year-on-year (YoY) decline of 14.9% compared to the announcement of 194 deals during the same period last year, according […]

April 4, 2024

As expected ahead of the Easter holiday, U.S. hotel performance decreased from the previous week, according to CoStar’s latest data through 30 March. 24-30 March 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 62.3% (-5.6%) Average daily rate (ADR): […]

March 27, 2024

Top-Line Metrics (February 2024, percentage change from February 2023): Occupancy: 58.9% (-1.8%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$158.23 (+3.9%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$93.19 (+2.0%) Key points February produced modest RevPAR growth, reflecting the continued return to low single-digit gains. […]

March 22, 2024

STR’s global “bubble chart” update as of 9 March 2024 shows that 77% of markets increased revenue per available room (RevPAR) from the comparable period in 2023, which was 4% more than the last update. Occupancy and average daily rate […]

March 21, 2024

U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week but showed continued declines year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 16 March. 10-16 March 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): Occupancy: 66.5% (-1.4%) Average daily rate (ADR): US$163.21 […]

March 13, 2024

The travel and tourism sector witnessed the announcement of 93 deals* globally during the first two months of 2024, an year-on-year (YoY) decline of 22.5% compared to the announcement of 120 deals during the same period in 2023, reveals GlobalData. […]

March 12, 2024

A series of events pushed all-time high occupancy levels in Dubai, according to February preliminary data from CoStar. February 2024 (year-over-year % change): Occupancy: 90.8% (+3.4%) Average daily rate (ADR): AED887.06 (+9.3%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): AED805.21 (+13.1%) Read […]

March 4, 2024

Top-Line Metrics (January 2024, percentage change from January 2023): Occupancy: 51.9% (-1.7%) Average daily rate (ADR): $146.33 (+2.7%) Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $75.99 (+0.9%) Key points January produced modest RevPAR growth, reflecting the continued return to pre-COVID patterns of […]