Sun is still shining on Australia’s hotel industry
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.
STR Weekly Insights: 29 January-4 February 2023
Countries included: United States, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand, Germany, Mexico, Barbados
China hotels benefit from first restriction-free Lunar New Year in three years, more success on the way for APAC
China announced the easing of most of its COVID restrictions in December 2022, which meant that January 2023 would feature the country's first Lunar New Year holiday without a lockdown since 2019.
STR Weekly Insights: 5-11 February 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Barbados, and United Arab Emirates
Cautious optimism in India’s hotel performance recovery
India’s hotel industry turned in a stellar 2022 with RevPAR 100% recovered to pre-pandemic levels – but is this recovery sustainable? This latest blog dives into the country’s performance, data-driven themes and occupancy on the books for key market.
Warm U.S. beach markets shine early in 2023, inflation cuts into ADR gains
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 ...
STR Weekly Insights: 12-18 February 2023
Countries included: United States, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Aruba, Puerto Rico
Phoenix hotels scored second-highest Super Bowl weekend ADR and RevPAR
As forecasted, Phoenix’s hotel industry ranked second all-time among Super Bowl host markets in average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) during the weekend of the big game.
U.S. Hospitality Radar - January 2023
In his latest video update, Jan Freitag talks about earnings season, a mega transactions deal in Florida, and asks Warren DeHaan, co-CEO for ACORE Capital, about the state of the debt markets.
Global hotel industry starts 2023 strong as more than 60% of properties recovered RevPAR versus 2019
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.
Easter swing shifts school breaks substantially in Spring 2023
As spring break season approaches, tracking school calendar data becomes critical for predicting travel demand across the U.S.
STR/TE Market Forecast Assumptions – February 2023
Revised Market Forecasts from STR and Tourism Economics are now available. View the full global travel and macroeconomic assumptions that went into this quarter's reports.