RevPAR up in 84% of global markets: Japan continues to blossom, China remains sluggish

20 novembre 2024
The level of global markets with RevPAR growth jumped to 84%. Mediterranean and Japanese hotel markets highlighted the leaderboard, while growth lags in most Chinese markets.
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Hotels
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Global
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U.S. election impact on global travel and hotel performance

18 octobre 2024
With the summer months past us, conversations are now swirling around how the U.S. presidential election will impact tourism outside of North America.
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Global
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Euro hosts stand out as 64% of global hotel markets outperformed 2023

30 juillet 2024
From the end of June through the first three weeks of July, most global hotel markets steadily displayed year-over-year performance increases. Markets in Germany were standouts thanks to the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship.
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Global
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Regional update: 2023 data and the year ahead

8 mars 2024
In this global update, we take a journey through each of the four world regions – focusing on performance, pipeline, and factors that influenced the data in 2023, while also looking ahead to what’s in store for the rest of 2024.
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New York City and Washington, D.C. among top performing U.S. markets in 2023

29 janvier 2024
In 2023, many key U.S. hotel markets caught up on recovery that was held back due to a lack of business travel. Markets like New York City and Washington, D.C., were atop the 2023 performance list, while growth leaders from previous years were more grounded due to diminished leisure travel.
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Asian countries lead in absolute RevPAR, while South America highlights recovery

27 novembre 2023
A new edition of STR's global "bubble" charts shows more momentum in Asia and South America. Sporting events continue to contribute growth in markets across the world.
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Hotel performance standouts during Beyonce’s world tour

24 octobre 2023
Beyoncé claimed the throne with the highest-grossing tour by a solo female artist. How did that translate to hotel performance? Let's just say some of the metrics were "heated" in some stops, but the impact was more “unique” by market. Learn which stops on the RENAISSANCE World Tour stood out.
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Spain hotels positioned for strong summer season

3 juillet 2023
Spain's key leisure markets, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands, are on track to see a highly successful summer. Barcelona is also anticipating a strong season with occupancy on the books spiking at 83%.
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Europe
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Staying strong, 85% of global hotel markets continue to see RevPAR growth above 2019

29 juin 2023
A new edition of STR's global "bubble" charts shows sustained strength in the balance recovery as occupancy continues to contribute to growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR).
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Are concerts “running the world?”: A look at how Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour has impacted Europe hotel performance

19 juin 2023
Feeling the music after our recent Taylor Swift tour analysis, we took a quick look at Beyoncé’s impact on actualized performance in the U.K. and Sweden, as well as forward bookings in five active Forward STAR markets.
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Forward Data
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Europe

U.S. hotel performance enchanted by Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour”

9 juin 2023
We “said remember this moment” – because whether looking at actualized hotel data from recent weeks, or booking data for later this summer, Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” is making an impact across the country.
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Events
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Global hotel occupancy rising ahead of summer in the Northern Hemisphere

30 mai 2023
A new edition of STR's global "bubble" charts shows more substantial occupancy growth, despite increasing rooms rates, as the industry sees a more balanced recovery around the world.
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NYC leading U.S. markets, Boston, D.C. and Alaska join occupancy leaderboard

25 mai 2023
U.S. hotel performance produced an incremental gain during the four weeks ending 13 May, a period that falls in between the heavy, summer travel season and earlier year peaks.
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Asia Pacific hotel performance continues to recover; ADR still pushing gains around the world while occupancy continues to lag

28 avril 2023
A new edition of STR’s global “bubble” charts shows ADR-driven RevPAR growth continuing globally, and while a handful of countries post occupancy gains, many are still experiencing occupancy levels behind 2019 comparables.
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Seasonal momentum shifting in U.S. hotel performance

21 avril 2023
The top hotel markets in this STR U.S. bubble chart update show a seasonal momentum shift from traditional winter/spring break hotspots to a broader range of destinations with increasingly travel-friendly climates.
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Hotels in Southeast Asia seeing the return of MICE business and major leisure events

10 avril 2023
Southeast Asia’s hotel industry has seen highs and lows over the past 12 months, but as the year progressed and restrictions eased, the demand for travel began to steadily climb with much of the recent demand in Southeast Asia linked to MICE travel and events.
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More than half of the global markets post RevPAR growth of more than 20% versus 2019

29 mars 2023
A new edition of STR’s global “bubble” charts shows pent-up demand pushing more progress in the Asia Pacific region as well as substantial RevPAR growth for many global markets.
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Las Vegas, Phoenix and Florida Markets Lead U.S. Hotel Performance During Early Spring Break Period

27 mars 2023
The overall distribution of demand continues to shift back to larger urban destinations, the major markets continue to close the deficit to pre-pandemic levels, and leisure-oriented markets remain firmly rooted near the top of the national leaderboard.
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Global hotel industry starts 2023 strong as more than 60% of properties recovered RevPAR versus 2019

27 février 2023
A new edition of STR’s global bubble charts show a strong start to 2023 with markets recovering RevPAR across each region as well as more progress in China.
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Warm U.S. beach markets shine early in 2023, inflation cuts into ADR gains

23 février 2023
STR’s bubble chart update for February 2023 shows the staying power of warm, outdoor-oriented hotel markets and expected seasonal shifts for the opening months of the year. As part of the seasonal slowing for this time of year, most markets are performing below 2019 when adjusting for inflation.
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Sun is still shining on Australia’s hotel industry

10 février 2023
Australia’s hotel performance turned a massive corner during the first half of 2022 as the Omicron wave subsided and governments relaxed travel restrictions around the country.
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U.S. Hotels - 2022 Commentary

3 février 2023
After consistent month-to-month improvement through April, the occupancy recovery index to 2019 showed more fluctuation.
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Almost half of global hotel markets recovered RevPAR with challenges of 2023 ahead

26 janvier 2023
STR’s bubble chart update shows plenty of momentum heading into the headwinds of 2023 as almost half of global markets reached full recovery of revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2022.
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U.S. Hotels - October 2022 Commentary

5 décembre 2022
In October, the demand index declined month over month, with contribution from most days of the week.
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Hotel performance strengthens further for most countries outside of Asia

29 novembre 2022
A new edition of STR’s global bubble charts show strong performance across the world with most countries outside of Asia recording growth in RevPAR.
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U.S. Top 25 Markets still behind 2019 occupancy even with continued return of groups

22 novembre 2022
U.S. hotel occupancy leaders and laggards in this mid-November 2022 “bubble” chart update reflect anticipated seasonal shifts, the continued return of corporate and group demand in large-to-medium sized markets, and a persistent impact from Hurricane Ian.
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Ireland’s hotel industry is well-positioned heading into 2023

11 novembre 2022
Ireland's hotel industry proved resilient this year with strong performance recovery, and evidence shows that strength will continue into 2023, albeit with economic headwinds in our summary report for Fáilte Ireland.
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Most global hotel markets maintain recovery pace; Singapore joins recovery leaders

8 novembre 2022
A new edition of STR’s global bubble charts shows more recovery progress overall as well as Singapore becoming the first Asian country in 2022 to rank among the top countries in revenue per available room (RevPAR)
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U.S. Hotels - September 2022 Commentary

4 novembre 2022
In September, U.S. monthly demand exceeded the pre-pandemic comparable for the second time in the pandemic-era but first time this year.
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Global hotel demand recovery reached a pandemic-era high in September

28 octobre 2022
Recovery in global hotel demand reached a pandemic-era high in September. More global insights with a look at the demand and ADR indices.
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NYC extends lead among the major markets, autumn destinations have been popular as well

25 octobre 2022
Data for the four weeks ending 15 October shows that New York City widened its performance lead over the other large U.S. markets and that leisure travelers flocked to autumn destinations as well as resorts far removed from the path of the hurricane.
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Most global markets maintain recovery pace, Asia Pacific starting to come back

7 octobre 2022
A new edition of STR’s global bubble charts shows continued recovery around much of the world, with Asia Pacific set to end pandemic measures except China’s maintaining zero covid policy.
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U.S. Hotels - August 2022 Commentary

6 octobre 2022
August marked the second consecutive month-over-month occupancy decline. ADR declined MoM to $151.49 but was still 14% higher than August 2019 in nominal terms. Real ADR was about 1% below the pre-pandemic comparable.
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Dublin hotel performance soared during Garth Brooks tour, late bookings were part of the success

5 octobre 2022
Actualized data from Garth Brooks’ tour dates in Dublin backed up previous analysis of forward-looking data. Performance popped, and shorter booking windows were part of the equation.
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Labor Day strength pushes NYC into Top 25 RevPAR lead, leisure markets dominated everywhere else

23 septembre 2022
For the four weeks ending 10 September, there was an expected seasonal softening from the mid-summer travel peak. Only six of the 165 STR-defined U.S. markets saw month-over-month RevPAR increases for the period.
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Market Recovery Monitor - 17 September 2022

23 septembre 2022
Groups and business travel provided a post-Labor Day boost in the U.S. with Monday-Wednesday occupancy reaching 69.9% nationally and 75.5% in the Top 25 Markets. The latter was the second highest level of the pandemic-era.
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More global markets above pre-pandemic occupancy levels, highest RevPAR in Mediterranean-facing countries

12 septembre 2022
A new edition of STR’s global bubble charts shows stronger recovery around much of the world, with the highest overall levels in the Mediterranean.
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U.S. Hotels – July 2022 Commentary

7 septembre 2022
Monthly occupancy reached 70% for the first time in the pandemic-era. But lack of midweek business demand remains a drag on demand (and thus occupancy) recovery.
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Europe’s historical and forward-looking hotel data shows music event boost

15 août 2022
This piece shows strong alignment between occupancy on the books (Forward STAR) and actualized levels as well as the overall boost that Europe hotels are receiving from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, and Westlife.
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Europe
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U.S. Hotels – June 2022 Commentary

2 août 2022
Monthly occupancy reached 70% for the first time in the pandemic-era. But lack of midweek business demand remains a drag on demand (and thus occupancy) recovery.
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U.S. Hotels – May 2022 Commentary

6 juillet 2022
A three-day calendar shift influenced U.S. hotel performance trends, leaving the top-line metrics slightly weaker than the previous month. But an extra weekday on the calendar contributed to higher group demand, which reached a pandemic-era high in May.
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Webinar summary: 5 key points on Mexico hotel performance, 8 June 2022

16 juin 2022
STR’s latest complimentary webinar focused on hotel performance recovery in Mexico. In addition to the recording that can be accessed here, below are five key points from the webinar on 8 June 2022.
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U.S. Hotels – April 2022 Commentary

9 juin 2022
While demand (and occupancy) softened moderately across virtually every segment of the industry, ADR indexes fell only modestly month over month even in the Top 25 Markets, as higher-than-anticipated January inflation drove hoteliers’ costs even higher.
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How have past Sargassum blooms affected hotel performance?

20 mai 2022
Hoteliers may face additional headwinds from high levels of Sargassum seaweed blooms. In addition to environmental concerns, Sargassum presents an issue for destinations because its unpleasant smell and presence can discourage beachgoing tourists.
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India hotel performance continues to eclipse pre-pandemic levels

17 mai 2022
April seemed to be a turning point in India’s hotel performance recovery. Leisure markets continue to lead that recovery, but business travel is also back, and forward bookings appear healthy for the remainder of May with most pickup remaining short-term.
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U.S. Hotels – March 2022 Commentary

29 avril 2022
While demand (and occupancy) softened moderately across virtually every segment of the industry, ADR indexes fell only modestly month over month even in the Top 25 Markets, as higher-than-anticipated January inflation drove hoteliers’ costs even higher.
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Hotel bookings continue to grow in anticipation of Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

13 avril 2022
Birmingham’s hotel occupancy on the books is peaking at 78% for this summer’s Commonwealth Games. A few months back, levels were peaking at just 55%. Read more in this latest Forward STAR piece.
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Europe hotel occupancy remains stable amid war in Ukraine

28 mars 2022
Europe’s hotel performance has remained stable amid the war in Ukraine, and countries bordering the conflict area have seen a refugee-driven lift in occupancy. Read more on this analysis of historical and forward-looking data in the region.
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Europe
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U.S. Hotels – February 2022 Commentary

24 mars 2022
While demand (and occupancy) softened moderately across virtually every segment of the industry, ADR indexes fell only modestly month over month even in the Top 25 Markets, as higher-than-anticipated January inflation drove hoteliers’ costs even higher.
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North America
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Historical analysis: Rising gas prices have limited impact on U.S. hotel demand

10 mars 2022
Historical data back to 1990 shows a correlation of .54 between inflation-adjusted gas prices and seasonally adjusted hotel room demand. Read more in this quick analysis on the impact of rising gas prices.
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U.S. Hotels - January 2022 Commentary

1 mars 2022
While demand (and occupancy) softened moderately across virtually every segment of the industry, ADR indexes fell only modestly month over month even in the Top 25 Markets, as higher-than-anticipated January inflation drove hoteliers’ costs even higher.
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Music events are boosting hotel demand for several European markets in 2022

2 février 2022
Europe is set to showcase a wide array of music events in 2022, and the large crowds they are likely to draw are music to the ears of local hoteliers. In Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow and Turin, music lovers will equal beds in heads and drive larger booking windows.
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Europe
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Slow holiday season highlights a handful of highflyers in the U.S.

24 janvier 2022
Our new “bubble charts” for 2022 highlight the U.S. performance leaders and laggards for the four weeks ending 15 January.
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Chile hotels show resilience

24 janvier 2022
Challenges are nothing new for Chile’s hotels. Different from most other countries though, the country is recapturing occupancy faster than ADR. Find out more in this latest deep dive on Chile’s recovery.
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Central and South America
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Review of Shenzhen Hotel Data Information Seminar

21 décembre 2021
On 25 November 2021, STR held the Shenzhen Hotel Data Information Seminar. STR’s North Asia Business Development Manager, Wanqing Yang, presented on the topic of "Shenzhen Hotel Performance Observations” with analysis of the latest developments in the market.
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As lockdowns end, hotel bookings surge in Australia’s Gold Coast

17 décembre 2021
As Australia enters the summer months and restrictions ease, positive trends are already developing for hoteliers. And while an uplift in demand can be observed across many of Australia’s key markets, it is the Gold Coast that is leading charge in forward bookings.
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COVID-19 webinar summary: 5 key points on Brazil hotel performance, 2 December

13 décembre 2021
On 3 December, we analyzed hotel performance in Brazil amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.
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Central and South America
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COVID-19 webinar summary: 5 key points on France hotel performance, 3 December

10 décembre 2021
On 3 December, we analyzed hotel performance in France amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.
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Europe
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COVID-19 webinar summary: 5 key points on Benelux hotel performance, 3 December

10 décembre 2021
On 3 December, we analyzed hotel performance in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read our summary with five key points here.
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Europe
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A Class Tale: Luxury hotels around the world

8 décembre 2021
New restrictions obviously mean potential challenges for the hotel industry, and as we have seen throughout the pandemic, every class of hotel can be affected differently. In this latest piece, we look at how Luxury class hotels have performed around the globe, especially in more recent months.
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