Connecting the data: the latest hotel industry analysis

2 May 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: 20-26 April 2025

2 May 2025
U.S. RevPAR reflected easy comp to Passover last year; Pope’s funeral lifted the weekend in Rome.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

Analyzing the impact of declining international inbound travel on U.S. hotel demand

1 May 2025
Using the recent international inbound projection from our partners at Tourism Economics, we ran four scenarios to show the potential impact on U.S. hotel demand.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

Middle East & Africa hotel performance update

29 April 2025
In March 2025, hotels across the Middle East and Africa region experienced mixed performance impacted by the month-long observance of Ramadan.
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Middle East and Africa
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 13-19 April 2025

25 April 2025
Holy Week slowed U.S. performance; Global performance netted healthy gain; Next week expected to improve, lifted by easy comp to Passover last year.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

STR Weekly Insights: 6-12 April 2025

18 April 2025
U.S. RevPAR held steady last week—right in line with expectations given the eclipse comp. Over the past four weeks, despite economic uncertainty and tricky calendar comparisons, U.S. hotel demand still managed to rise 1.7%.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

STR Weekly Insights: 30 March - 5 April 2025

10 April 2025
Unexpectedly low U.S. RevPAR; Demand around the U.S. borders remained mixed; Global performance soars with occupancy in the driver’s seat.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

European overtourism measures largely not reflected in hotel KPIs

7 April 2025
Driven by the surge in post-pandemic travel, overtourism became a major talking point across Europe in 2023 and continued to dominate discussions into 2024. With a year-plus of data now available, we can assess the effectiveness of various countermeasures and their impact on hotel performance.
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Europe
Historical Data
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 23-29 March 2025

4 April 2025
Given the comparison to Easter week last year, U.S. hotels saw RevPAR soar 7.0% year over year.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

Europe hotel performance update

2 April 2025
Most major European markets saw YoY performance growth in February 2025, ranging from subdued to substantial.
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Europe
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 16-22 March 2025

28 March 2025
Spring break and sporting events driving U.S. results; U.S. RevPAR growth strong Sunday through Thursday; ADR driving gains globally.

STR Weekly Insights: 9-15 March 2025

21 March 2025
Event shifts impact many Top 25 Markets; U.S. border hotels mostly trending downward; rest of globe doing well.
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Global
Industry Updates

STR Weekly Insights: 2-8 March 2025

14 March 2025
Strong start, weak finish net flat RevPAR in the U.S.; Weekly global occupancy down
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Global
Industry Updates

Middle East hotel performance expectations during Ramadan

11 March 2025
While Middle East hoteliers have historical trends to prepare for the Ramadan slowdown, the annual shift on the calendar has pushed the Holy Month further into overlap with the Middle East’s high season.
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Middle East and Africa
Industry Updates
Independent Hotel Show Amsterdam 2025

Independent Hotel Show Amsterdam 2025

10 March 2025
Our ongoing partnership with the Independent Hotel Show each year is key in boosting the industry’s collective benchmarking efforts, and we are excited to share a report which provides a sampling of STR’s unrivalled data solutions.
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Hotels
Benchmarking
Historical Data
Europe

STR Weekly Insights: 23 February – 1 March 2025

7 March 2025
U.S. rollercoaster ride continues; Fashion Week events impact France and Italy.
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Global
Industry Updates

Americas hotel performance update

3 March 2025
January kicked off 2025 with most countries in the Americas region (excluding the U.S.) reporting YoY RevPAR growth.
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North America
Central and South America
Industry Updates

STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – February 2025 (Global)

28 February 2025
Revised Market Forecasts from STR and Tourism Economics are now available. View the full global travel and macroeconomic assumptions that went into this quarter's reports.
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Forecast
Global
Industry Updates
Hotels

STR Weekly Insights: 16-22 February 2025

28 February 2025
U.S. weekly RevPAR still a rollercoaster ride; China up post-New Year holiday with easy comps.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data

STR Weekly Insights: 9-15 February 2025

21 February 2025
U.S. group weekdays and leisure weekends drove performance; China, with the New Year holiday shift, dampened global demand.
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Global
Industry Updates
Forward Data