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Independent Hotel Show Munich 2024
18 November 2024
This deep dive into the DACH region explores current 2024 performance, with a look at independents vs. brands, day-of-week patterns, occupancy on the books, and more.
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Australian Accommodation Monitor Summary – Financial-year performance: 2023-2024
30 October 2024
Financial Year Performance: A return to normalised growth across all quarters. Key drivers include increased occupancy, event-driven ADR, and sustained demand in a majority of tourism regions.
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Asia Pacific
Hotels
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Independent Hotel Show London 2024
16 October 2024
As the sole event dedicated exclusively to the region’s luxury and boutique hoteliers, the 2024 Independent Hotel Show London serves as a premier thought leadership platform.
STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – August 2024
30 August 2024
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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Hotels
Global
Industry Updates
STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – May 2024
4 June 2024
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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Independent Hotel Show Amsterdam 2024
11 March 2024
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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STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – February 2024
29 February 2024
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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STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – November 2023
29 November 2023
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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AHIF Special Report
20 November 2023
Recovery trends for Africa’s hotel industry may look similar to the rest of the world, but there is far more variance when examining different parts of the continent. This special report was created to help bridge the gap to the 2024 Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF) in Windhoek.
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Independent Hotel Show London 2023
12 October 2023
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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Australian Accommodation Monitor Summary – Financial-year performance: 2022-2023
9 October 2023
The financial year performance was unencumbered by Covid restrictions, with performance improving across the twelve months. Average rate saw significant growth with consistent occupancy improvement. Leisure-orientated destinations benefited before the capital cities saw their occupancies rise.
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STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – August 2023
1 September 2023
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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STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – May 2023
6 June 2023
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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Independent Hotel Show Amsterdam 2023
8 March 2023
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.
STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – February 2023
2 March 2023
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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STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions - November 2022
1 December 2022
Topics include macroeconomic assumptions and pandemic recovery, short-term outlook, supply methodology, permanent closures, pipeline, quarantine rooms methodology, global travel and tourism trends and more.
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Australian Accommodation Monitor Summary – Financial-year performance: 2021-2022
8 November 2022
This financial year performance data illustrates the impact of the Delta variant in the beginning of the year, including lockdowns, and the recovery surge that followed towards the latter half of the year. It was a year both with significant restrictions and a recommencement of international travel.
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Special Report for the 2022 Independent Hotel Show
21 September 2022
Through its strong, ongoing partnership with the Independent Hotel Show, STR is pleased to provide this special report. Read now for insights into Independent vs. Branded hotel performance indicators in the UK, customer segmentation, forward bookings and forecasts.
Webinar Recording: Mexico & Caribbean Update - 10 June 2022
27 July 2022
Webinar Recording: Mexico & Caribbean Update - 10 June 2022. Please note the webinar is conducted in Spanish.
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Independent Hotel Show Amsterdam 2022
15 March 2022
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.
Webinar Recording: Europe Update - 12 November
12 November 2021
Webinar Recording: Europe Update - 12 November
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Japan’s challenging road to recovery
18 October 2021
While most regions in the world are slowly trending toward pre-pandemic levels, no two hotel markets are recovering the same. Japan, for instance, is further behind countries of a similar profile.
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Independent Hotel Show 2021
28 September 2021
STR partnered with IHS to produce this special report, analyzing the performance of independent and branded properties across the U.K. and their major differences. Read now for insights into key performance indicators as well as F&B and other revenue contributors, profit & loss, and forward demand.
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Australian Accommodation Monitor Summary – Financial-year performance: 2020-2021
20 September 2021
The following financial year performance data illustrates the multitude of factors that accommodation operators experienced over the last 12 months, including recovery from the initial COVID-19 lockdowns, circuit breaker lockdowns, recovery from the summer bushfires and consumer travel decisions.
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 10 September 2021
14 September 2021
COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 10 September 2021
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Europe hotel occupancy update
14 July 2021
While the U.K. has led Europe in vaccine distribution and economic reopening, the rest of the continent has quietly continued to roll out vaccines and slowly narrow the gap that exists in hotel occupancy. Those countries outside of the U.K. will be the primary focus of this piece.
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 18 June
18 June 2021
COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 18 June
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 11 June
11 June 2021
Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 11 June
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Tokyo Olympics and the difficult-to-project impact on hotel performance
9 June 2021
Forecasting around the Olympics usually means forecasting massive performance increases. With so many questions this year, namely around event attendance, the forecast for Tokyo is murky. Read more...
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 30 April
3 May 2021
Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 30 April
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Quick look at Middle East’s success stories and lower performers
27 April 2021
The Middle East has been fairly successful in bridging the gap until international travel returns. Which of the region’s markets are closest to recovering hotel occupancy? Which have been unable to overcome the international arrivals void? Read this Q1 update.
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Saudi Arabia leads the world in hotel supply growth
29 March 2021
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.
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Middle East and Africa
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South Korea’s resiliency tested through performance ups and downs
10 March 2021
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.
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Asia Pacific
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South America’s performance timeline
2 March 2021
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.
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Central and South America
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Middle East and Africa hotel performance - 16 February
16 February 2021
COVID-19 impact on Middle East and Africa hotel performance - 16 February
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Latin America hotel performance - 2 February
3 February 2021
COVID-19 impact on Latin America hotel performance - 2 February
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Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 29 January
1 February 2021
COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 29 January
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Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Hotels
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Mainland China: A look back and a look ahead
28 January 2021
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?
Countries look to incentives to boost travel and hospitality demand
31 December 2020
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.
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Global
Tourism
Industry Updates
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