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Attendance is expected to be down for this year’s Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix, but receipts are expected to exceed pre-Covid levels and be up year over year. About 250,000 spectators are expected to attend the three-day night race, which starts February 15, down 17% from 2022’s record turnout of 302,000 attendees. The Bay Grandstand is […]

Both Thailand and South Korea are aggressively trying to lure back Chinese tourists. The initiatives involve visa exemptions, tax refunds, and rewards for Chinese travelers. The Thai government has introduced visa exemptions for Chinese tourists, with plans for those exemptions to go into effect in October. The move comes as a response to a noticeable drop in Chinese tourist arrivals in the year’s […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended August 26. China hotel RevPAR was up 50.4% year over year. It was up against a 48.2% comp. Compared with the same week in 2019, China hotel RevPAR was up 19%, a solid result once again. A survey by the Thai Hotels Association and Bank of Thailand found that 29% of hotels rated […]

In the Q2 2023 Asia Pacific, excluding China, Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics, analysts state that the region is at an all-time project high of 1,936 with 401,766 rooms in the total pipeline at the quarter’s close. The Asia Pacific region, excluding China, had 172 hotel projects/26,748 rooms open in the first half of the year, […]

Vietnam New Brief reported that the supply of four and five-star hotels inVietnam rose 6.2% year over year in the first half of 2023. They cited a report by Outbox Company saying that at the end of June, Vietnam had 235 five-star hotels with 77,895 rooms and 354 four-star hotels with 47,502 rooms. Compared to 2019, that was […]

STR reported that China hotel RevPAR was up 22% year over year for the week ending August 5th. When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was up 6.7%. China has lifted a ban on group tours to more than 70 locations. Group tours will resume to dozens of locations in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ending July 29th. Hotel RevPAR in China was up 27.9% year over year. It was up against a positive 8.5% comp in the year-ago week. When compared with the week in 2019, RevPAR was up 13.7%. Japan National Tourism Organization announced the resurgence of inbound tourism to Japan, with the Gulf […]

The National Travel and Tourism Office said Chinese travelers spent nearly RMB 2.3 trillion on travel to and tourism-related activities within China in the first half of the year, up 95.9% year over year. Urban residents spent RMB1.98 trillion (US$276 billion) on travel, up 108.9% year on year while travelers from rural areas spent RMB 320 billion (US$447 […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended July 8. Hotel RevPAR in China was up 41.5% for the week, up against a very easy -13.9% year over year comparison. When compared with the same week in 2019, China Hotel RevPAR was up 8.8%. InterContinental Shenzhen WECC opened its doors on July 1, 2023, located just […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended July 1. The end of the first half of the calendar year 2023 was a week that had China hotel RevPAR up 50.4% year over year, up against a decline of -7.6% comp. When compared to the same week in 2019, China hotel RevPAR was up 13.2%. Vietnam’s General […]

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 […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended May 6. Hotel RevPAR in China was up 140.9% year over year. When compared with the same week in 2019, hotel RevPAR was up 21.2%. The South China Morning Post said Macau’s casinos are still struggling with finding labor as hotel rooms stay shut and the resorts are unable […]