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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.

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...

COVID-19 impact on Asia Pacific hotel performance - 18 June

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 11 June

Webinar Recording: COVID-19 impact on Europe hotel performance - 30 April

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.

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

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.

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.