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Saudi Arabia’s hospitality sector is growing fastest among the 50 most populated countries in the world. And there is good reason behind the country’s growth.

Just like the rest of the world, South Korea’s hotel performance dropped when international travel stopped and pandemic mitigation measures slowed business travel and domestic tourism.

Like every other region around the world, South America’s hotel performance has been closely tied to the pandemic timeline. Through the ups and downs of 2020, South America finished the year with a 30% occupancy level, which was well behind other key regions.

COVID-19 impact on Middle East and Africa hotel performance - 16 February

COVID-19 impact on Brazilian hotel performance - 9 February

COVID-19 impact on Latin America hotel performance - 2 February

COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 29 January

With COVID-19 well-controlled in China at the end of 2020, mainland hotel performance was furthest along in the recovery timeline, moving closer to pre-pandemic levels than other major markets around the world. However, how are new outbreaks affecting projections for the first quarter of 2021?

COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 15 January

With international travel at an all-time low, many governments around the world have attempted to incentivize various forms of tourism to help an industry in desperate need.

Canada has been more effective than its neighbor to the south in containing COVID-19 caseloads. At the same time, the country’s hotel occupancy has followed a similar trend line as the U.S.

Now more than ever, data is crucial. We have compiled a brief manual on six practical ways benchmarking can support your hotel’s revenue recovery.

COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 17 December

Hotel performance in the Middle East has improved consistently in recent months, and the region continues to outperform others around the world. Some Middle Eastern markets are even showing year-over-year growth in the metrics, which is quite an uncommon occurrence these days.

COVID-19 impact on Brazil hotel performance - 9 December

We previously analyzed the pandemic impact on hotel closures and the development pipeline in the Southern Cone. Next, we dig further into the region and look at performance recovery for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina.

COVID-19 impact on Total Accommodations - 3 December

COVID-19 impact on Latin America hotel performance - 1 December

This year’s Golden Week was further evidence that China’s recovery continues to push toward normal performance levels.

New Zealand still shows a considerable amount of pipeline projects even as a percentage has been shelved due to the pandemic. Where are those projects focused? Find out more here.