Basel hotel booking levels topping 90% for Eurovision

ARLINGTON, Va. – 8 May 2025 – The upcoming Eurovision Song Contest is pushing Basel hotel booking levels as high as 97%, according to the latest Forward STAR data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. 

Basel’s St. Jakobshalle will host this year’s Eurovision between 13-17 May. As of 28 April, the market shows its highest occupancy on the books (97.3%) for the final night of the contest. Occupancy on the books for the night before is 92.6%, while the other three nights are in the mid-80% range.  

“The Swiss city was announced as host of Eurovision in August of last year, which has allowed for demand to drive occupancy to compression levels,” said Alex Robinson, regional director at STR. “The level of compression is also a reflection of the lower number of hotel rooms available in the market, with past hosts in the region, Vienna (2015) and Dusseldorf (2011), being much larger.”

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