Hyatt Hotels Corporation

The DJIA fell 38 points, Nasdaq was down 53, the S&P 500 fell 6 points and the 10 year treasury yield was up .04 to 3.56%. It was nice to have a calm day in the markets for a change. Lodging stocks were modestly higher. AHT was up 8% while VCSA was down -5%. TD Cowen upped their price targets on Hilton to $142 from $140 and Marriott to […]

A Crisil Market Intelligence report predicted the revenue of premium hotels in India will rise 80% this current fiscal year. The rise will be on the back of 19%-21% after a 13% jump in 2022. Occupancy levels for premium hotels are expected to rise from 50% in the last fiscal year to 67-72 percent in Fiscal […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a gain of 132 points while Nasdaq was up 37, the S&P 500 was up 22 points and the 10 year treasury yield was down another .03 to 3.38%. Lodging stocks were modestly higher although the biggest movers were the new age group, to the downside. SOND fell another -6% to another new all time low while SLNA and SHCO were […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates by a quarter of a point and the financial markets rallied. Then Fed Chief Jerome Powell held his press conference and the DJIA ended the day down 530 points, Nasdaq was down 190, the S&P 500 fell 66 points but the 10-year treasury yield was down .11 to 3.50%. We can’t tell if the markets genuinely hate […]

The DJIA rose 316 points, Nasdaq was up 185, the S&P 500 rose 51 points and it did not take long for the 10-year treasury yield to move back up, with the yield rising .13 to 3.61%. Lodging stocks were higher. AINC was the biggest mover, rebounding 13% while VCSA bounced 12%. SLNA traded down to a new low before bouncing a bit. […]

The DJIA rose 383 points, Nasdaq was up 45, the S&P 500 rose 35 points and the 10-year treasury yield was up .09 to 3.48%. Lodging stocks were mostly higher but the biggest movers were to the downside. The newly minted penny stocks, VCSA and SOND, both traded down to new lows, dropping another -4% and -7% respectively. SLNA hit a new low, […]

The DJIA ended Friday with a decline of 385 points while Nasdaq was down 87, the S&P 500 fell 44 points, capping another week of lower equity indexes. The 10-year treasury yield was down .19 to 3.40%. Lodging stocks were lower, once again led by the lodging REITs. INN and AHT both fell -7% and CLDT, VCSA, SVC and PK were each down […]

The DJIA gained about 1%, or about 270 points, while Nasdaq rallied 2.4%. The S&P 500 added about 1.7%, erasing an earlier decline of 0.7%, and the 10-year treasury yield climbed to 3.58%. It’s been a wild week. Baird upgraded their rating on Choice Hotels International to Outperform. They believe their earnings outlook is improving for 2023-2024 and uncertainties are moving to the rearview mirror. Baird […]

The DJIA ended Friday down 345 points although individual stocks seemed to be down a lot more than the major ones in the indexes. Nasdaq fell 199, the S&P 500was down 57 points and investors surged into treasuries as a safe haven, dropping the yield on the 10-year by .23 to 3.70%. Lodging stocks were lower with the exception of MCG which […]

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 […]

STR said China Hotel RevPAR, the week ending March 4, was up 67.2% year over year. When compared to the week in 2019, hotel RevPAR in China was down -4%. The Bangkok Post reported that 112,876 room nights were reserved out of 560,000 available within six hours of the latest phase of the hotel subsidy program going live. […]

The DJIA fell 575 points, Nasdaq was down 145, the S&P 500 was down 62 points but despite the Fed comments were the reasons for the decline, and there should be no doubt more hikes are on the way, the 10-year treasury yield was down .01 to stay under 4% at 3.98%. Lodging stocks were lower. Island Hospitality Management announced the company added 14 hotels to […]