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Macau follows what China’s leadership tells them to and now it is confirmed that Zero Covid is dead. Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs formally announced that Macau is undergoing a ‘gradual reopening’ as authorities realize they can no longer control the outbreak in the community and mainland Chinese policies shift towards a more open approach. The […]

Sri Lanka Tourism outlined key strategies to double the arrivals to 1.5 million and generate an income of over $5 billion highlighting the sector as a major economic driver. Their arrivals target for 2024 is 3 million. For this year they believe they are on track for 800,000 arrivals. To get to their income figure, officials […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended November 26 was up 2.2% year over year. When compared with the same week in 2019, hotel RevPAR was down -33%. Absolute occupancy for hotels in China for the week was 53.7%, up from 50% during the comparable week in 2021. Macau hotels’ had average occupancy in October of 41.8%, up 4.2 […]

CoStar published an article on Swire Hotels and its plans to expand The House Collective to destinations like Tokyo and Shenzhen Bay in China. The House Collective currently comprises four hotels in China and Hong Kong. In July, Swire announced its first international hotel affiliated with The House Collective, a collaboration between L Catterton Real Estate and Tokyu Corporation and Tokyu Department Store, both under the […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended 11/19. RevPAR was up 9.8% year over year in China while down -37.6% versus the same week in 2019. Absolute occupancy was 53.3% for the week, up from 46.6% during the comp week last year. CapitaLand’s Ascott Limited unveiled its refreshed Somerset brand. This is the second largest brand in Ascott’s Global […]

The supposed reopening trade for China stocks hit a speed bump as the realization set in with investors that Covid cases are not going down, in fact they continue to go up. For the sixth straight day, the number of new cases topped 20,000 with a new seven month high today of more than 26,000. Guangdong is once again […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended 11/12 was up 17.5% year over year. While that sounds impressive given the surge in Covid cases, when compared with the same week in 2019, pre-pandemic, RevPAR for hotels in China was down -40.5%. Absolute occupancy last week was 51.4% versus absolute occupancy a year ago of 43.4%. China […]

Goldman Sachs said the Chinese government still needs to keep its Zero-Covid policy until probably the April-June quarter. This follows the commentary over the weekend, once again, that the government will maintain the policy even as global stock markets buy China-related stocks in hopes of a reopening soon. China reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections in six months on […]

Hong Kong has continued to loosen Covid restrictions, now targeting eventgoers. The New York Times gave them publicity on this, telling them no sweat if you test positive for Covid in Hong Kong. Things like bankers being allowed to leave on a private jet if they test positive, tech executives dining in private rooms and rugby watchers […]

There are two things that are a near certainty these days in the stock market. The first is the market has a really good chance of being up on Fridays and will crater during and especially after Fed Chief Powell holds his press conference. The DJIA ended the day down 505 points while Nasdaq was down 366, the S&P […]

Looking at India’s hotel sector, JLL said contracts in mid-market and budget brands grew 74% between January and September 2022 as compared to the same period in 2019. There management contracts are largely for smaller hotels with about 50 rooms on an average in tier 2 and 3 cities. International operator signings went up 36% from 36 hotels with 4,794 rooms in […]

Shanghai ordered mass testing of all 1.3 million residents amidst another lockdown, Wuhan locked down 900,000 people for at least five days, while in Macau the MGM Cotai casino resort was locked down after a dealer tested positive. Macau also ordered citywide testing. Sadly, given the new and more transmissible Covid variants, this is going to continue […]