Data Insights Blog

Saudi Arabia’s reliance on domestic demand served the market well during its lengthy lockdown, and key markets Riyadh and Jeddah have not suffered from reopening borders, although for different reasons.

Hotel performance in the North Africa region is improving, but occupancy levels are well below the 2019 recovery benchmark.

On 26 May, we analyzed hotel performance in the Middle East & Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

The Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr impacts on hotel occupancy look a bit different this year, but the latter may be a bright spot for some markets. An analysis of historical and future data will explain.

Hotels in the Middle East have shown resilience throughout the pandemic, with performance at higher levels compared to other parts of the world.

Africa’s hotel performance has been greatly altered by the pandemic, but development on the continent continues to move forward.

We previously analyzed the pandemic impact on the hotel development pipeline in Africa. Next, we dig further into the region with a look at performance recovery.

On 16 February, we analyzed hotel performance in Middle East & Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

For most of 2020, Cyprus hotels performed like the rest of the Mediterranean region—except when it came to average daily rate (ADR).

On 9 July, we analyzed hotel performance in the Middle East and Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 3 June, we analyzed hotel performance in the Middle East and Africa region amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 7 May, we analyzed hotel performance in the Middle East and Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

We provided an update on Middle East and Africa hotel performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Like other global regions, the situation in Africa has progressively worsened in recent weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the hospitality industry. We've analyzed the impact in more detail here.

To provide further insights into the impact of COVID-19 on hotel performance, we’ve compiled five key findings from this 25 March MEA webinar.

To provide a forward-looking view of the COVID-19 impact on hotel performance, STR analyzed business on the books for seven key EMEA hotel markets.

This case study on 2018 profitability data focuses on the food and beverage trends of the Middle East/Africa region.