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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.
Tags
Forecast
Global
Industry Updates
Hotels

STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – February 2025 (U.S.)

14 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.
Tags
Forecast
Hotels
Industry Updates
North America

STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – November 2024

3 December 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.
Tags
Forecast
Hotels
Global
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Forecast
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.
Tags
Forecast
Hotels
Global
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Forecast
Hotels
Global
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Forecast
Hotels
Global
Industry Updates

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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Global
Hotels
Forecast
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Global
Hotels
Forecast
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Global
Hotels
Forecast
Industry Updates

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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Webinar
Central and South America
Industry Updates
Hotels
Benchmarking

Webinar Recording: Europe Update - 12 November

12 November 2021
Webinar Recording: Europe Update - 12 November
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Webinar
Benchmarking
Europe
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Hotels
Historical Data

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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Webinar
Benchmarking
Europe
Industry Updates

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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Europe
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data
Forward Data

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
Tags
Asia Pacific
Webinar
Hotels
Industry Updates
Benchmarking

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
Tags
Webinar
Europe
Industry Updates
Benchmarking
Forward Data

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...
Tags
Asia Pacific
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data
Forecast

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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Europe
Webinar
Benchmarking
Hotels
Industry Updates

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.
Tags
Middle East and Africa
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data
Forward Data

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.
Tags
Middle East and Africa
Hotels
Industry Updates
Supply and Development

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.
Tags
Asia Pacific
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data

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.
Tags
Central and South America
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data

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
Industry Updates
Middle East and Africa
Hotels
Benchmarking

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
Central and South America
Industry Updates
Hotels
Benchmarking

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
Tags
Webinar
Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Hotels
Benchmarking

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.
Tags
Global
Tourism
Industry Updates
Historical Data

Canada’s hotel occupancy trend resembles its neighbor to the south

29 December 2020
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.
Tags
North America
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data

UAE stands out in the recovery cycle

16 December 2020
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.
Tags
Historical Data
Hotels
Industry Updates
Middle East and Africa

Southern Cone Performance update

8 December 2020
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.
Tags
Central and South America
Hotels
Industry Updates
Historical Data

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 13 November

17 November 2020
COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 13 November
Tags
Hotels
Webinar
Historical Data
Asia Pacific
Industry Updates

Tracking CEE’s recovery to the “second wave” slowdown

10 November 2020
Affected by a COVID-19 second wave, markets across Central and Eastern Europe have seen dwindling hotel occupancy after summer performance gains. Take a deeper look into the performance changes here.
Tags
Hotels
Europe
Industry Updates
Historical Data

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 6 November

6 November 2020
COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 6 November
Tags
Europe
Webinar
Industry Updates
Hotels
Benchmarking

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Pacific hotel performance - 30 October

2 November 2020
COVID-19 impact on Pacific hotel performance - 30 October
Tags
Webinar
Asia Pacific
Benchmarking
Hotels
Industry Updates

China continues to stand out in the recovery cycle

28 October 2020
While most nations remain far away from a return to that “normal,” China continues to stand out in the recovery cycle.
Tags
Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Historical Data
Hotels

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on U.S. hotel performance - 27 October

27 October 2020
COVID-19 impact on U.S. hotel performance - 27 October
Tags
North America
Webinar
Industry Updates
Hotels

Externalities impact recovery across major Asian markets

15 October 2020
After setting out in the backpacker havens of Cambodia and Laos, STR continues its regional tour by checking in on COVID-19 recovery in major markets around Asia. Unique circumstances in Hua Hin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo add additional color to hotel performance and recovery.
Tags
Asia Pacific
Historical Data
Hotels
Industry Updates

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 02 October

13 October 2020
Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific (with a Southeast Asia focus) hotel performance - 02 October
Tags
Asia Pacific
Webinar
Industry Updates
Hotels
Benchmarking

Video: Japan hotel market trends during COVID-19

8 October 2020
Japan hotel market trends during COVID-19. The video is in Japanese.
Tags
Video
Asia Pacific
Industry Updates
Benchmarking

Benelux continues to climb from pandemic lows

6 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has put the hospitality industry’s resilience to the ultimate test, and the Benelux region has been no exception. And as COVID-19 mitigation efforts were extended over the following months, so too were the losses in hotel performance.
Tags
Europe
Industry Updates
Hotels
Forward Data
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