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Regional markets in Latin America continue to lead recovery as performance in key cities has lagged. In this article, we analyzed that trend for several key markets to assess where occupancy recovery stood at the end of 2020.

Since Brazil started to emerge from COVID-19 isolation, domestic leisure demand has returned at a modest level while international and group demand are unlikely to return in the short-term restrictions remain in place.

Latin America’s beach destinations, always popular on the international and domestic tourist trails, have been key to hotel performance recovery even with restrictions on international travel.

On 9 February, we analyzed hotel performance in Brazil amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 2 February, we analyzed hotel performance in Latin America amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 9 December, we analyzed hotel performance in Brazil amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

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.

On 1 December, we analyzed hotel performance in Latin America amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

After analyzing the pandemic impact on the hotel pipeline in Australia and New Zealand, STR jumps regions to look at the COVID-19 impact on hotel development in the Southern Cone (Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina).

STR recently analyzed the pandemic impact on hotel development in Southern Cone countries. Brazil’s southern states also sit within that cone, but rather than limit the analysis, we looked at the pipeline for all of Brazil.

On 1 September, Colombia lifted one of Latin America's longest COVID-19 lockdowns, scrapping most restrictions after more than five months of quarantines. Now the focus is on how much this lockdown will impact hotel performance into the coming months.

As Latin American countries begin to emerge from COVID-19 isolation, new trends in hotel performance have emerged, suggesting a clear preference for regional destinations. Costa Rica has been no exception.

Argentina had some of Latin America’s lowest occupancy levels (below the 10% mark). How has the country’s longer lockdown affected hotel performance recovery? Find out more here.

On 29 September, we analyzed hotel performance in Brazil amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

Brazil, like many nations, has lifted COVID-19-related entry restrictions for travelers and provided an additional flow of demand for reopening hotels. However, reopening measures are determined on a state level. How has this affected Brazil’s recovery?

On 16 March, Peru imposed one of the earliest, strictest, and longest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of COVID-19. The county's borders were shut, curfews were imposed, and residents were only permitted to leave their homes for essential goods.

On 16 September, we analyzed hotel performance in Latin America amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 28 April, we analyzed hotel performance in the Latin America region amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

On 21 April, we analyzed hotel performance in the Latin America region amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.

To provide further insights into the impact of COVID-19 on hotel performance, we’ve compiled five key findings from this 14 April Latin America webinar.