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STR Weekly Insights: 3-9 December 2023
15 December 2023
Countries included: China, Italy, and United States
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Global
Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 26 November – 2 December 2023
8 December 2023
Countries included: Germany, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global
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U.S. hotel commentary - October 2023
5 December 2023
Group demand in Luxury and Upper Upscale class hotels was the highest for any single month since October 2018.
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North America
Recovery
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STR Weekly Insights: 12-18 November and 19-25 November 2023
1 December 2023
Countries included: China, Japan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States
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Global
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STR Weekly Insights: 5-11 November 2023
17 November 2023
Countries included: China, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Germany, Indonesia, Serbia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global
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STR Weekly Insights: 29 October – 4 November 2023
10 November 2023
Countries included: Canada, China, Fiji, Germany, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay
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STR Weekly Insights: 22-28 October 2023
3 November 2023
Countries included: China, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
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APAC hotel recovery now on par with the rest of the world
1 November 2023
While other parts of the world began their post-pandemic recovery earlier than Asia Pacific, recent data suggests that the region is accelerating its recovery process and could potentially reach levels seen in Europe and America.
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Asia Pacific
Hotels
Recovery
Forecast
STR Weekly Insights: 15-21 October 2023
27 October 2023
Countries included: Chile, Ireland, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global
Recovery
Hotels
Industry Updates
Forward Data
STR Weekly Insights: 8-14 October 2023
20 October 2023
Countries included: China, Curaçao, French Polynesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, United Kingdom, and the United States
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
Forward Data
STR Weekly Insights: 1-7 October 2023
13 October 2023
Countries included: China, Curaçao, Fiji, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and United States
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 24-30 September 2023
5 October 2023
Countries included: China, Curaçao, Fiji, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Mauritius, United Kingdom, and United States.
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Global
Industry Updates
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U.S. hotel commentary - August 2023
2 October 2023
Top-line performance remained stable in August, with demand almost flat, occupancy declining year over year, and ADR rising at a slower pace than inflation.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 17-23 September 2023
29 September 2023
Countries included: Curaçao, Fiji, France, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
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STR Weekly Insights: 10-16 September 2023
22 September 2023
Countries included: United States, Canada, China, Curaçao, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom
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Global
Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 3-9 September 2023
15 September 2023
Countries included: United States, Canada, China, Denmark, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Spain, Sri Lanka, Trinadad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom
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Global
Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 27 August – 2 September 2023
8 September 2023
Countries included: United States, Canada, China, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom
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Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 20-26 August 2023
1 September 2023
Countries included: United States, Canada, China, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom
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Global
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STR Weekly Insights: 13-19 August 2023
25 August 2023
Countries included: United States, Canada, China, El Salvador, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, and United Kingdom
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
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STR Weekly Insights: 6-12 August 2023
18 August 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, China, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, France, Germany, Mexico, Mauritius, Ireland, Fiji, Trinidad & Tobago
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 23-29 July 2023
4 August 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, China, Italy, Curacao, Singapore, Ireland, Egypt
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 16-22 July 2023
28 July 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, China, Japan, France, Spain, Singapore, Malta and Ireland
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Global
Recovery
Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 9-15 July 2023
21 July 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Singapore, El Salvador, Malta, and Fiji.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
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STR Weekly Insights: 2-8 July 2023
13 July 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Singapore, Bahamas, Greece, Malta, and Fiji.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 25 June – 1 July 2023
7 July 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Malta, and Fiji.
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U.S. hotel commentary - May 2023
3 July 2023
Weekends were the culprit behind May’s lower demand growth, as weekend levels declined year over year for the second month in a row.
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North America
Industry Updates
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Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 18 – 24 June 2023
30 June 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Malta, and Fiji.
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Hotels
Industry Updates
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STR Weekly Insights: 11 – 17 June 2023
23 June 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece, Malta, and Fiji.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
Hotels
STR Weekly Insights: 4-10 June 2023
16 June 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Malta, Czech Republic, Ireland, and Mexico.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
Hotels
STR Weekly Insights: 28 May – 3 June 2023
9 June 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Malta, and Greece.
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Global
Industry Updates
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Forecast
U.S. hotel commentary - April 2023
5 June 2023
Demand was down year over year for the first time since early 2021, but historical patterns point to the demand decline being more of a reset.
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North America
Industry Updates
Hotels
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 21-27 May 2023
2 June 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Bermuda.
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Global
Recovery
Forward Data
Industry Updates
STR Weekly Insights: 14-20 May 2023
26 May 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Singapore.
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Global
Recovery
Forward Data
Industry Updates
STR Weekly Insights: 7-13 May 2023
19 May 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Successful May Day another sign of China’s hotel performance recovery
15 May 2023
Mainland China occupancy peaked at 90.9% and ADR at CNY865. A successful May Day holiday period is further indication that China's hotel performance is trending well toward full recovery.
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Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 30 April – 6 May 2023
12 May 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Senegal, Fiji, Puerto Rico, and Lithuania.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 23-29 April 2023
5 May 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
U.S. hotel commentary - March 2023
2 May 2023
U.S. hotel rate growth continues to drive RevPAR growth, and while ADR is still posting very strong YoY growth rates, moderating inflation and normalized demand growth are leading to deceleration in the growth rate.
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North America
Industry Updates
Profit and Loss
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 16-22 April 2023
28 April 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Netherlands, Ireland, and Fiji.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 9-15 April 2023
21 April 2023
Countries included: United States, China, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Netherlands, Ireland and Fiji.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 2-8 April 2023
14 April 2023
Countries included: United States, Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Bahamas, Curacao, Ireland, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
Hotels
Benchmarking
Hotel performance recovery in China: A temporary setback due to Qing Ming
12 April 2023
Although Qing Ming (aka, Tomb-Sweeping Day) halted growth recovery during the first week of April, China's hotels had a strong Q1 and are expected to strengthen even more during the rest of April and throughout this year.
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Asia Pacific
Recovery
Industry Updates
STR Weekly Insights: 26 March – 1 April 2023
7 April 2023
Countries included: United States, Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, China, Germany, Japan, Indonesia, Bahamas, Ireland, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
U.S. hotel commentary - February 2023
3 April 2023
ADR growth continues to outpace occupancy growth YoY, and ADR has paced well ahead of occupancy in the 2019 index. The recovery indices have shown that pricing recovered faster than demand, with rates reaching pre-pandemic levels as early as July 2021.
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North America
Recovery
Industry Updates
Hotels
STR Weekly Insights: 19-25 March 2023
31 March 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Spain, China, Germany, Guatemala, Jamaica, Bahamas, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Croatia and Switzerland
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 12–18 March 2023
24 March 2023
Countries included: United States, Barbados, Bahamas, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Germany, Mexico, China, Italy, Indonesia, Canada, France
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
STR Weekly Insights: 5-11 March 2023
17 March 2023
Countries included: United States, United Arab Emirates, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Senegal, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany, Indonesia, and China
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 26 February – 4 March 2023
10 March 2023
Countries included: United States, Barbados, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Puerto Rico, Guam, Bangladesh, Germany, Mexico, China, Italy, Indonesia, Canada, France
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
U.S. hotels - January 2023 commentary
7 March 2023
Occupancy for the month reached 52.8%, which was well above the long-term average of 50% but still below the 54% average from 2015-2020.
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North America
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 19-25 February 2023
3 March 2023
Countries included: United States, United Arab Emirates, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Barbados, United Kingdom, Japan, and Mexico
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
STR Weekly Insights: 12-18 February 2023
24 February 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Aruba, Puerto Rico
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Cautious optimism in India’s hotel performance recovery
21 February 2023
India’s hotel industry turned in a stellar 2022 with RevPAR 100% recovered to pre-pandemic levels – but is this recovery sustainable? This latest blog dives into the country’s performance, data-driven themes and occupancy on the books for key market.
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Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Recovery
Forward Data
Forecast
STR Weekly Insights: 5-11 February 2023
17 February 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Barbados, and United Arab Emirates
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Global
Hotels
Recovery
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
China hotels benefit from first restriction-free Lunar New Year in three years, more success on the way for APAC
10 February 2023
China announced the easing of most of its COVID restrictions in December 2022, which meant that January 2023 would feature the country's first Lunar New Year holiday without a lockdown since 2019.
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Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Recovery
Events
STR Weekly Insights: 29 January-4 February 2023
10 February 2023
Countries included: United States, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand, Germany, Mexico, Barbados
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Latin America hotel performance was mostly recovered in 2022
8 February 2023
Performance recovery was substantial for most of Latin America’s hotel industry in 2022, with Mexico, Central America and South America easily surpassing their pre-pandemic comparables in revenue per available room (RevPAR).
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Industry Updates
North America
Central and South America
Recovery
Caribbean hotel industry a “comeback kid”
3 February 2023
Caribbean hotel performance bounced back throughout 2022 due to the lifting of most travel restrictions. The region saw the largest annual ADR and RevPAR increases over 2019 when compared to the other STR-defined Americas subcontinents.
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North America
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 22-28 January 2023
3 February 2023
Countries included: U.S., Barbados, United Kingdom, Germany
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Global
Hotels
Recovery
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Restrictions, lack of inbound travel have limited Southeast Asia’s hotel performance
1 February 2023
Southeast Asia sits at the lower end of recovery compared to other STR-defined subcontinents, exceeding only the gains of Northeastern Asia in terms of occupancy and average daily rate (ADR ) in 2022.
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Asia Pacific
Hotels
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 15-21 January 2023
27 January 2023
Countries included: U.S., Barbados, Fiji, Aruba, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, China
Tags
Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 8-14 January 2023
20 January 2023
Countries included: U.S., U.K., China
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
STR Weekly Insights: 1-7 January 2023
12 January 2023
Countries included in this week’s update: U.S., Japan, China, Barbados, Aruba, Cayman Islands, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 31 December 2022
9 January 2023
U.S. hotel occupancy for the last week of 2022 reached 54.2%, which was the fourth highest level recorded for the comparable week over the past 23 years.
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Global
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Hotels
Market Recovery Monitor - 17 December 2022
22 December 2022
As we get closer to the holidays, hotel occupancy begins to slow, and this year was no exception. U.S. occupancy for the week of 11-17 December fell to 54.5% from 59.6% in the prior week.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 10 December 2022
16 December 2022
After a lull post-Thanksgiving, the U.S. hotel industry kicked back into gear as occupancy rose to 59.6% for the week of 4-10 December 2022.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 3 December 2022
9 December 2022
The week after Thanksgiving (27 November-3 December) was somewhat typical for the U.S. hotel industry.
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Global
Hotels
Recovery
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 26 November 2022
2 December 2022
In what turned out to be a normal Thanksgiving week, U.S. hotel occupancy for 20-26 November was 50.4%. That was down from 52.9% a year ago and 50.6% in 2019.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 12 November 2022
17 November 2022
For the week of 6-12 November 2022, the post-Halloween demand return continued, as the metric increased 3.4% week on week.
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Global
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Hotels
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 5 November 2022
11 November 2022
With Halloween on Monday during the week of 30 October through 5 November (week 45), U.S. hotel demand and occupancy saw a sharp decrease Sunday and Monday with the declines lingering into Tuesday and to a lesser extent Wednesday.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 29 October 2022
4 November 2022
A decrease in U.S. hotel demand and occupancy for the week of 23-29 October was expected and not as steep as previous years.
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Global
Hotels
Recovery
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Market Recovery Monitor - 22 October 2022
28 October 2022
During the week of 16-22 October 2022, U.S. hotel occupancy was almost flat, dipping 0.4 percentage points week over week to 69.9%.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 8 October 2022
14 October 2022
For the week of 2-8 October 2022, U.S. hotel occupancy increased 1.9 percentage points week on week to 68.2%, which was aligned with historical trends and expectations.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 1 October 2022
6 October 2022
U.S. hotel performance was affected by two significant demand-influencing events during 25 September to 1 October 2022—Rosh Hashanah and Hurricane Ian.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 24 September 2022
30 September 2022
U.S. hotel industry occupancy topped 70% for the week ending 24 September 2022—an eight-week high.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 10 September 2022
15 September 2022
Based on the latest week of data (4-10 September 2022), and accounting for a holiday calendar shift, the 3-day Labor Day weekend (Friday – Sunday) in the U.S. was the second best behind 2021.
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Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 3 September 2022
9 September 2022
The Friday and Saturday of Labor Day weekend produced an all-time demand record for those two days. The previous high came last year.
Tags
Global
Hotels
Industry Updates
Recovery
Benchmarking
Market Recovery Monitor - 27 August 2022
2 September 2022
As expected since the end of July, demand is trending down, but the week-on-week decrease for 21-27 August 2022 continued to be less than what was observed in previous years.
Tags
Global
Recovery
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Market Recovery Monitor - 20 August 2022
26 August 2022
For a fourth consecutive week, U.S. room demand declined week on week with occupancy settling at 67.3%, which was 1.2 percentage points lower than the week prior.
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Global
Benchmarking
Recovery
Industry Updates
Hotels
Market Recovery Monitor - 13 August 2022
19 August 2022
The deceleration in U.S. hotel room demand continued as the final days of summer near. For the week of 7-13 August 2022, demand declined by 558,000 rooms week over week with occupancy dropping to 68.5%.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Industry Updates
Recovery
Market Recovery Monitor - 30 July 2022
5 August 2022
With the annual U.S. travel peak behind us, hotel demand and occupancy began to trend down—which is normal. For the week ending 30 July 2022 (week 31), however, the decrease in demand was much lower than in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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Global
Hotels
Benchmarking
Recovery
Industry Updates
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