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Connecting the data: the latest hotel industry analysis

14 November 2025
We help you stay up-to-date with the latest performance trends, event impacts, and potential challenges facing the travel and hospitality sector.
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Industry Updates
Global
Hotels
Tourism
Industry basics

STR Weekly Insights: 2-8 November 2025

14 November 2025
U.S. RevPAR shows strong growth on easy YoY comp; Global RevPAR growth seems unstoppable.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 26 October – 1 November 2025

6 November 2025
U.S. RevPAR falls on a weak weekend due to Halloween; weekday U.S. growth robust against easy comps; Global RevPAR strengthened again.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 19-25 October 2025

31 October 2025
U.S. RevPAR down against strong week last year; Global growth continues.

STR Weekly Insights: 12-18 October 2025

24 October 2025
Seventeenth consecutive week of U.S. occupancy declines; Global RevPAR returns to normal on widespread growth.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 5-11 October 2025

17 October 2025
First positive U.S. RevPAR comp since the end of August; Highest global RevPAR gain since the end of Q1.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 28 September – 4 October 2025

10 October 2025
U.S RevPAR improves on Group demand; Las Vegas lifts national performance for a change; Global RevPAR soars.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 21-27 September 2025

3 October 2025
Rosh Hashanah calendar shift further softens U.S. RevPAR comp; global RevPAR also softened but remained positive.
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Global
Industry Updates

Bad Bunny’s residency impact on Puerto Rico’s hotels

1 October 2025
The NFL’s announcement of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show comes off the tail end of the performer’s 31-show residency in Puerto Rico, which has been estimated to have brought as much as $200 million dollars into the local economy with a carryover boost for local hotels.

STR Weekly Insights: 14-20 September 2025

26 September 2025
U.S. weekly RevPAR down again; global RevPAR positive; ADR growth slowed due to calendar shifts.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 7-13 September 2025

19 September 2025
Weekly U.S. RevPAR fell despite a clean comparable week; Top 25 Markets see significant weekday RevPAR declines; no change in global performance.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 31 August – 6 September 2025

12 September 2025
U.S. 10-week RevPAR stretch as bad as early-2021, 2009 and 2002; global growth continued but slowed.

Video: Overview of the U.S. hotel forecast assumptions (Q3 2025)

12 September 2025
A video overview of the CoStar/Tourism Economics U.S. hotel forecast assumptions.
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North America
Forecast
Video

STR Weekly Insights: 24-30 August 2025

5 September 2025
U.S. RevPAR comp improved, just barely; Global growth continued, led by the MEA region.

STR Weekly Insights: 17-23 August 2025

28 August 2025
Chicago (DNC comp) and Houston (storm comp) heavily influenced the national average; Global RevPAR up for a second straight weekend.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 10-16 August 2025

22 August 2025
Anemic U.S. RevPAR expected to continue through the end of summer; Canada posted 10th straight week of RevPAR growth.

STR Weekly Insights: 3-9 August 2025

15 August 2025
RevPAR down in 42% of U.S. markets in four of the past six weeks; global RevPAR growth continues minus the drag from Olympics comp.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights - 20-26 July 2025

1 August 2025
U.S. RevPAR decline lessened but still down for the fifth consecutive week; U.S. ADR stalled for a fourth consecutive week; global ADR slowed.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 13-19 July 2025

25 July 2025
Fourth consecutive U.S. weekly RevPAR decrease; U.S. ADR down in addition to demand.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 6-12 July 2025

18 July 2025
Slow start to July even with higher TSA screening levels; Negative weekday performance pulled down the week; Houston shows Hurricane Beryl comp; Summer is alive and well in most global markets
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