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A Year Full of Abnormality: 2021 Hotel Performance Ended More Settled

The global hotel industry’s climb back to profitability has not been easy, but it trudged back and ended 2021 almost back to 2019 levels

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Omicron Emergence a Yardstick for the Hotel Industry

The drop in hotel revenue, despite a still lower cost base, led to GOPPAR of $11, which was 64% lower than November 2020 and 75% lower than in November 2019

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Omicron Threatens Hotel Performance Recovery

Indications are future hotel bookings, meetings and other hotel related activity will be impacted by the presumed expectation of future travel impediments

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Why a New Way to Measure Hotel Performance is Needed

Most brands and some management companies have performance clauses in their agreements with owners that indicate a level of REVPAR index to be maintained

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Global Hotel Performance Moderates With Summer’s Close

The cold hard truth is arriving with the chillier weather: global hotel performance has a ways to go before it’s back to its former self.

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Hotel Profit Climbs Higher, But Could Delta Derail It?

Global hotel performance is improving month by month. That’s good news. The more pressing concern is if it will remain – the hotel industry is still fragile

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Why GOPPAR Provides a Much More Complete Picture

A focus on gross operating profit per available room, or GOPPAR, is the key performance indicator that delivers and why RevPAR just does not always cut it

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Global Hotel Demand Uptick Tussles with Competing Costs

The hotel industry is happy to welcome guests back, but a continued revenue shortfall, expense creep and difficult labor market, are impacting bottom line

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Why the Future Must Include a GOPPAR Index

What would things look like if a number three or four REVPAR index brand delivered a number one or two GOPPAR performance?

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A Year Later, the Hotel Industry Recalibrates, Reassesses

Just over a year after the pandemic, the global hotel industry is slowly stirring from hibernation and seeing at least modest gains in traveler demand

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