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Lodging Forecast 2016

For the past several years we have put out our lodging forecast for 2016 at the beginning of Q4 as we’ve had time to analyze the data and hear from […]

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Rugby World Cup boosts RevPAR

The opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup provided a boost to hotels in the host cities, which reported a ‘significant’ growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR). According to […]

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Corporate Hotel Rate Negotiations for 2016

As the corporate and contract hotel rate negotiation season is about to begin, the outlook is for the largest increases in the past three decades. Corporate and contract rate negotiations […]

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Franc fumbles affect hotels in Switzerland

A look at STR Global data year-to-date July reveals that Switzerland’s hotels overall occupancy rate has not changed compared to the same period last year. The level could be maintained […]

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Europe hotel results for August

Compared to August 2014, European hotel results saw a 2.2% increase in occupancy to 77.1%, a 6.4% increase in ADR to €119.34 and an 8.7% increase in RevPAR to €92.05 […]

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More growth in 2016 UK hotels forecast

London hoteliers saw a record 2014 but so far 2015 hasn’t replicated this stellar performance, according to new PwC analysis.  While average performance metrics are still very high by most […]

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Record-Setting Hotel Performance

Numbers don’t lie. Currently, they’re saying hotel performance is on a major tear, hitting all-time highs in occupancy and RevPAR. As president and COO of research firm STR, Amanda Hite […]

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Milan: most expensive city for hotel rates in Europe

Milan is the most expensive European city this year based on the cost of its lodgings, according to a new survey byTravelMag.com, which compared hotel rates across 40 popular city […]

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Hotel prices soar ahead of Rugby World Cup

Hotel room prices in host cities for the Rugby World Cup have increased on every match night in every city, at an average of £261 for a hotel stay, according […]

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US performance records past and present

With the favorable supply and demand dynamics in the hotel industry, US performance records are being broken month after month, according to data from STR. It’s almost like the steroid […]

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