Hotels have been adjusting their housekeeping policies post-COVID lockdowns, with various brands shifting toward an opt-in model that provides daily housekeeping only to guests who request it. At least one operator is reversing course.
41% of travellers are also prepared to pay more than 30% extra for adventure and eco-tourism, according to the Voice of the Consumer: Lifestyles Survey, mentioned in Euromonitor’s newly released Sustainable Travel Index 2023.
Expected business travel spending accelerates due to pent-up demand, return of travel and meetings, improved COVID landscape, stable economic conditions and inflationary factors, according to the latest GBTA Business Travel Index Outlook report
It’s been a sizzling summer of travel, but this will likely be the peak of the post-pandemic boom. As longer nights start to draw in, the urge to splurge on pricey trips is bound to fade.
Commercial real estate prices are showing signs of stabilizing as inflation moderates and the Federal Reserve nears the end of its interest rate hiking cycle, according to a new CBRE survey.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the post-COVID recovery momentum continued in June for passenger markets.
The state of Arizona, including Tucson, recovered quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hotel performance in Tucson has far exceeded pre-pandemic levels, primarily given ADR gains since 2020. In this article, we discuss the current state of Tucson’s hospitality industry, meeting and group demand factors, and investment interest in the market.
Hotels have an edge over independent banquet halls when it comes to holding events because of their superior infrastructure, safety standards and brand image. However, with the evolving guest preferences and technological advances, it's time for hotels to throw out the old playbook and approach banquets with a fresh perspective, welcoming a new era of hospitality. Read on to know more.
Hotels stocks outperformed again in July with the global hotel brands leading the way higher
For many loyalty and rewards program members, earning rewards outranks the cost of traveling. Nearly half of travelers in such programs (44%) prioritize earning rewards over finding the lowest costs when traveling, demonstrating the value that these travelers place on their loyalty programs.
U.S. hotel performance declined from the previous week and showed lower comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 5 August.
For 2023, growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) was lowered by 0.5 percentage points, due to a 0.6ppt downgrade in occupancy growth. For 2024, the RevPAR growth projection was also lowered 0.5ppts on a 0.5ppt downgrade in occupancy. Average daily rate (ADR) was upgraded 0.1ppts for 2023 but kept flat for 2024.
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Countries with the most projects in the construction pipeline include Mexico with 213 projects/33,853 rooms. Next is Brazil with 85 projects/14,772 rooms, the Dominican Republic with 33 projects/7,071 rooms, Peru with 27 projects/3,322 rooms, and Argentina with 18 projects/1,932 rooms.
Q2 marks third consecutive quarter of significant declines in global investment
Global business travel and events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, albeit at a much more moderate pace than the exceptionally steep increases seen in 2022. This is according to the 2024 Global Business Travel Forecast, published today by CWT and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).
Canadians Are Willing to Incur Debt and Reduce Their Grocery Expenses in Order to Travel
New study reveals the industry impacted the local economy approximately 10% above the pre-pandemic peak in 2019
Hotels are Returning Fire in the 'Junk Fee' War
As Americans report lower anticipated travel budgets, they predict there will be less price gouging by travel companies. Meanwhile, on the marketing front, TikTok and podcasting continue to grow their reach as resources for travel inspiration.
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) today reveals Germany’s Travel & Tourism sector is recovering at pace to recover to within 95% of pre-pandemic levels.
In The Prepared Leader: Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before, two crisis leadership experts - Wharton Dean Erika H. James and Lynn Perry Wooten, president of Simmons University - provide tools and frameworks for addressing and learning from crises. In the following excerpt from their book, James and Wooten identify the five phases of crisis management.
Each of Europe’s key hotel markets saw year-over-year improvement and their highest 2023 levels in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR), according to CoStar’s June 2023 P&L data release.
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As seen in the recently released Canada Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), the total construction pipeline in Canada continued to expand at the close of the second quarter with 275 projects/37,359 rooms, up 5% by projects and rooms year-over-year (YOY).