OYO Hotels

Trip.com data shows the global travel bookings for the summer (June 1 – August 31) already has surpassed the 2019 level with intra-regional travel leading the way. Overall bookings on the Trip.com platform for the summer increased by 170% when compared to the same period in 2022, up by 356% year over year in Asia. European markets are […]

H World Group, formerly known as China Lodging, has sold one-fifth of its holdings in Indian hospitality company OYO to a United Arab Emirates-based buyer. The transactions were done over the course of 2022 in multiple tranches with about US$9 million going to H World. The return on H World’s investment is 500% and that also values the rest of […]

The DJIA was down 222, Nasdaq was up 22, the S&P 500 was down 7% and the 10-year treasury yield was down .05 to 3.40%. Lodging stocks were lower. SLNA traded down to a new low, down another -6% but SOND was down -20% and AHT was down -5%. Hyatt Hotels held an Investor Day today. They are forecasting $650 to $850 […]

How high will be too high for May Day Golden Week in China as reports continue to pour in about terrific business, soaring room rates along with a report from Bloomberg that there were roughly 19.7 million railway trips made across the country on April 29. China Railway Group said they expect a record 120 million […]

Fitch Ratings said China’s domestic travel has seen a significant uptick in the first quarter of this year and is likely to gain momentum in the second quarter. They believe leisure travel in China continues to rebound but outbound travel remains much lower than before the pandemic levels as flight capacity is still limited. Fitch said business travel demand […]

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 rose 98 points, Nasdaq was down 52, the S&P 500 was flat, and the 10-year treasury yield was up .06 to 3.43%. Lodging stocks were modestly higher. SLNA was up 6%, but SOND traded down to yet another new all-time low. Craig-Hallum initiated coverage of LuxUrban Hotels with a Buy rating and a $10 price target. A New York hotel union reached a deal with hotel […]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand expects the country’s tourism sector to generate up to 2.4 trillion baht in revenue this year, or 80% of earnings in 2019. 880 billion baht would come from Thai tourists while the other 1.5 trillion would be from foreigners. The TAT said the big issue continues to be airlines as they have […]

The DJIA rose 323 points while Nasdaq was up 210, the S&P 500 was up 57 points and the 10 year treasury yield was mostly flat, up enough to push it to 3.57%. Lodging stocks were higher with AINC up 11%, SOND rising 10% and SVC, AHT and HT up 5% each. Raymond James cut their price targets on Summit Hotels and Host Hotels. RJ cut their PT on INN to $8.50 from […]

In an amazing recovery from over 700 points down, the DJIA ended the day down only 280 points while Nasdaq rallied to end up 6. The S&P 500 fell 27 points and the 10-year treasury yield plunged another .15 to 4.01%. Lodging stocks were lower but the real damage was on the four names we call the “new age” lodging stocks. Vacasa’s stock […]

Occupancy rates at hotels in Macau rose by 25.4 percentage points in January year over year, reaching 74%. The dropping of entry requirements and the Chinese New Year holiday resulted in 3 star hotels seeing the highest occupancy rate at 79%, up 26.8 percentage points from January 2022. The 4 star hotel occupancy rate was 70.1%, […]

Singapore has urged Chinese authorities to restore flight capacity between the two nations to pre-Covid levels as soon as possible in a bid to improve business and tourism ties. The Straits Times said Singapore’s Foreign Minister made the request to his Chinese counterpart during a meeting this week. The number of weekly flights between the two is […]