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The DJIA was down 51 points but Nasdaq was up 42, the S&P 500 was flat and the 10-year treasury yield was down .11 to 3.70%. Lodging stocks were mixed. SOND was up 15% (0.0817) while SOHO jumped 12% as they announced the payment of some special preferred dividends, trying to get preferred shareholders whole again on their past dividends. AHT was up 8% […]

Dow Jones published an article on how foreign investors are taking advantage of the low prices of hospitality properties in Vietnam to acquire hotels and resorts. The article cited the Marriott International deal in April to operate seven hotels and resorts from Vinpearl, including three existing hotels in Nha Trang, Hoi An and Da Nang. In February Singapore’s Lodgis Hospitality […]

The DJIA ended Friday down 109 points while Nasdaq was down 31, the S&P 500fell 6 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .04 to 3.69%. Lodging stocks were modestly lower. SOND was down -14% after rising in the past week on heavy insider buying. SLNA traded down -8% to another all-time low. STR reported US RevPAR for the week ended May 13 […]

The DJIA rose 547 points on Friday while Nasdaq was up 269, the S&P 500 rose 75 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .10 to 3.45%. Lodging stocks were higher. VCSA was up 12% while SOND was up 10% but both of them rose less than a dime per share. On the earnings side, RLJ’s reaction was positive, up 5%, while […]

The DJIA  fell 11 points, Nasdaq was down 4, the S&P 500 was up 4 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .02 to 3.57% It was a truly mixed market but lodging stocks were more on the plus than minus side today. The biggest mover was SHCO, up 11% but AINC was down -7% to a new low. VCSA traded down […]

The DJIA fell 143 points on Friday while Nasdaq was down 43, the S&P 500 fell 9 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .07 to 3.52%. Lodging stocks were modestly lower. VCSA and SOND both traded down to new all-time lows. AHT was down -5%. Baird said that with industry wide March RevPAR being better than expected, it de-risked 1Q23 earnings a […]

The DJIA was added 0.1% while Nasdaq slid less than 0.1%, the S&P 500 added 0.1% compared with Friday and the 10-year treasury yield ended at 3.414%, up slightly from Friday. Lodging stocks were mostly higher, including even ABNB getting a modest boost. SOND remained near its low. NewcrestImage has plans to acquire more than 100 hotels this year, reported CoStar. So far in 2023, […]

Foreign visitors to Indonesia in February were down -4.62% from January, recording 701,930 tourist arrivals, the lowest since December. Officials said this was a seasonal effect as February is the low season for tourism. Of course, the expectations for everyone in the Asia Pacific region was the reopening of China would cause a regional surge but […]

Finn Partners released the results of their latest report, Outbound Rebound: The Return of Chinese Travelers. The survey was conducted in mid to late-January, started days after the Chinese government lifted international travel restrictions after 3 years. Over 2,000 affluent Chinese in first, second and third tier cities were interviewed. The findings included that one in two affluent […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended March 18. China hotel RevPAR rose 134% on a year-over-year basis, up against an easy -46% comp result in 2022. When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -14%. Sabre said after sifting through its extensive shopping and booking data to examine the impact of the reopening […]

The DJIA fell 543 points while Nasdaq was down 238, the S&P 500 fell 74 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .05 to 3.93%. There were a lot of reasons for the equity markets to go down today but the selling really accelerated after President Biden unveiled his budget. While the budget may have triggered selling, the concerns about banks should […]

The DJIA ended today down 232 points while Nasdaq was down 11, the S&P 500fell 12 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .01 to 3.92%. Lodging stocks were modestly lower. SVC traded up to a new high but ended the day in the red. MCG was the big winner, up 7% while INN was down -7% despite earnings that seemed […]