Data Insights Blog

Although occupancy on the books remains low, Regional U.K. is still ahead of London. Travelers are still awaiting confirmation of softened travel restrictions by 19 July, which should be immediately followed by a sharp increase in demand.

Amid recent COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns, however, key markets in Australia are showing noticeably lower levels of occupancy on the books for the coming weeks.

Hotel occupancy on the books in Barcelona and the Balearic Islands shows a mixed, but improved picture. We’re keeping a close eye on the Balearics with its green list status in the U.K.

While COVID-19 vaccination programs continue to inoculate travelers around the world, lockdowns in many regions have yet to fully lift, leading to continued challenges. Bogotá, where a lockdown until June along with protests in Colombia have led to a significant impact on hotel performance.

July and August are two of Spain’s and Portugal’s most important hotel performance months. Where do those markets stand ahead of summer and what are the expectations for the coming months?

Occupancy in Thai markets like Bangkok fell after Songkran. How long will those declines persist? The answer can be found in Forward STAR.

Montreal hoteliers had one future bookings spike on their calendar. That disappeared when the Canadian Grand Prix was officially moved. Read more about the market’s struggles amid indefinite lockdown in this latest Forward STAR piece.

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.

When will customers have the confidence to book 12 months in advance? When will events return with notable capacities? In this latest article, we use forward-looking data to analyze two of the major contributing factors to the reduction of booking windows: volatility and consumer confidence.

How has the pandemic impacted booking windows? What do hotels need to consider when competing for short-lead transient business?

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

With hotels contracted to house those quarantined travellers, we look to Forward STAR to determine the impact on future bookings around London’s key airports: Heathrow and Gatwick.

For many parts of the world, hotel performance is forecasted for more meaningful improvement during the second half of 2021. That optimism is underpinned by the assumption of widespread vaccination distribution, lower COVID-19 case numbers and improved context for travel and events.

With most of Europe struggling at the end of the year, three of France’s key markets were among the continent’s top occupancy performers in December.

Australia has been much more successful than most countries when it comes to COVID-19 case mitigation. As a result, the country has been able to operate with a greater sense of normalcy.

Bogota’s occupancy levels improved in the months that followed the lifting of Colombia’s lockdown. However, a look ahead courtesy of #ForwardSTAR suggests that momentum is stopping.

We look back at the impact of leisure holidays on the U.K. summer and look ahead with data powered by Forward STAR.

While the future may be uncertain, we want you to know that we’ll continue to be there for you. We continue to work on creating the necessary tools to help you build your playbook for the future.

Asia Pacific countries have been no exception to the unprecedented performance declines, but some of the region’s nations stand out in the earliest phases of industry recovery. New Zealand is one of them.

On 10 September, we analyzed hotel performance in Europe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.