Americas hotel performance update

3 März 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
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New Orleans Super Bowl: Hotel Performance Forecast

3 Februar 2025
New Orleans is set to host Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, and the market’s hotels are heading toward full occupancy around the big game on 9 February 2025.
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North America
Forecast
Forward Data

U.S. hotel commentary - December 2024

3 Februar 2025
U.S. hotel December RevPAR was up 4.4%, which was the country’s largest YoY gain since March 2023.
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North America
Industry Updates

Analysis: 2025 California wildfire impact on hotel performance

17 Januar 2025
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles appear to have had limited impact on hotel performance as of the week ending 11 January 2025.
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North America
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - November 2024

6 Januar 2025
The U.S. presidential election, a year-over-year Thanksgiving calendar shift, ongoing hurricane recovery efforts, and an extra weekend all factored into the equation as U.S. RevPAR increased 2.5% in November.
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North America
Industry Updates

The end of an Era(s Tour): Taylor Swift’s final impact on hotel performance

19 Dezember 2024
Taylor Swift said, “so long, London,” and made her way back to North America for her final leg of the Eras Tour.
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North America
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel conversion activity remains muted

16 Dezember 2024
U.S. hotel conversion activity continues to trend below the long-term average of the 20-year period ending 2019.
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North America
Industry Updates

Hotel F&B driving labor cost growth in 2024

3 Dezember 2024
In the U.S., it costs about $9 more to staff a hotel room than in 2023. While rooms labor makes up the highest portion of labor expenses, the increase in F&B labor costs is driving most of that growth.
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North America
Industry Updates
Forecast

Upcoming holiday season impact on U.S. hotel performance

21 November 2024
Two significant changes will impact travel in the U.S. this holiday season.
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North America
Forecast
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - September 2024

30 Oktober 2024
U.S. RevPAR decreased 1.3% year over year in September following a robust August which followed a lackluster July.
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North America
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - August 2024

4 Oktober 2024
U.S. hotel RevPAR rose 3.9% year over year in August, following a lackluster July.
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North America
Industry Updates

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour heightened Europe performance levels amid popular tourist season

11 September 2024
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour took Europe by storm this summer, with 47 concerts across 17 cities over a 15-week period from May to August.
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Europe
Industry Updates
North America

Maui remains top hotel market despite slow recovery after fires

3 September 2024
A year after a series of tragic fires in Maui, topline hotel performance remains below 2023 levels due to slower recovery, but the island maintains higher levels compared to other U.S. markets.
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North America
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - July 2024

29 August 2024
After three months of year-over-year growth, U.S. RevPAR was flat (0.0%) compared with last July.
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North America
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - April 2024

11 Juni 2024
U.S. RevPAR rose 2% year over year after declining in March (-2%).
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North America
Industry Updates

RNC and DNC: How political conventions impact host market hotel performance

31 Mai 2024
This summer quadrennial tradition consistently results in an oversized performance boost to host markets’ hotel performance on a scale that might be fairly compared to a “Super Bowl” of politics.
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North America
Forward Data

U.S. hotel commentary - March 2024

1 Mai 2024
Revenue per available room (RevPAR) fell 2.2% year over year (YoY) in March, marking the first such decline since February 2021.
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North America
Industry Updates

2024 solar eclipse drove hotel performance records across markets in path of totality

18 April 2024
The total solar eclipse on Monday, 8 April may have darkened cities across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, but you may want to grab your eclipse glasses once again in preparation for how much the event brightened performance.
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North America
Events
Industry Updates

U.S. hotel commentary - February 2024

27 März 2024
February produced modest RevPAR growth, reflecting the continued return to low single-digit gains.
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North America
Industry Updates

Early Easter pushes spring break peak forward a week in 2024

11 März 2024
Spring break season is officially here, and tracking school calendar data becomes critical during this time in order to predict travel demand across the U.S.
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North America
Industry Updates