STR: Middle East and Africa hotel performance for May 2020

LONDON—Showing the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, hotels in the Middle East and Africa reported unprecedented performance lows during May 2020, according to data from STR.

U.S. dollar constant currency, May 2020 vs. May 2019

Middle East

• Occupancy: -31.0% to 36.0%
• Average daily rate (ADR): -45.6% to US$87.84
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -62.5% to US$31.59

Africa

• Occupancy: -72.1% to 14.2%
• ADR: -26.6% to US$70.09
• RevPAR: -79.5% to US$9.97

Both the Middle East and Africa saw their lowest absolute occupancy and RevPAR levels for any May on record.

Local currency, May 2020 vs. May 2019

United Arab Emirates

• Occupancy: -30.7% to 35.6%
• ADR: -35.0% to AED260.40
• RevPAR: -54.9% to AED92.62

The absolute occupancy, ADR and RevPAR levels were the lowest for any May in STR’s United Arab Emirates database. Occupancy and RevPAR were up from April levels.  

Bahrain

• Occupancy: -65.3% to 11.6%
• ADR: -6.4% to BHD51.51
• RevPAR: -67.5% to BHD5.97

The absolute occupancy and RevPAR levels in Bahrain were the lowest for any month on record.  

Additional COVID-19 analysis
All of STR’s COVID-19 analysis can be found here.

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