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The Hong Kong Tourism Board announced Hong Kong saw a provisional visitor arrival of 1.462 million in February, three times what arrived in January. This is the first time there were more than 1 million arrivals in a month since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared and it happened in the shortest month of the year. While a very […]

Oxford Economics said tourist arrivals into the Asia Pacific region are tipped to reach around 50% of pre-Covid levels in 2023, only fully recovering in 2025 or 2026. Oxford also said Asia Pacific economies still rely too heavily on Chinese tourists who have been slow to return since China reopened on January 8. The tourism outlook was presented as […]

Reuters published an article on how the hoped for, fast out of the gate, revenge travel by the Chinese following the demise of Zero-Covid has not occurred. Instead of a stampede, it has been more like a fast walk. Reuters described Chinese consumers as returning to hotels, restaurants and some shops, but they are choosy about what they buy. […]

Mandarin Oriental Singapore is temporarily closing its doors to undergo a six-month transformation. The Marina Bay property will reopen in September 2023, offering a brand new look and feel. The property has 527 rooms, seven food and beverage outlets, a full service luxury spa and many other facilities. The hotel’s multi-million dollar transformation is set to take place […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR data for the week ended February 4th. China hotel RevPAR was up 35.6% year over year, despite a tough comp on Chinese New Year timing (Feb 1, 2022 versus January 22, 2023). When compared with the same week in 2019 (CNY being on February 5), hotel RevPAR was up 30.2%. InterContinental […]

Marriott International’s Ritz-Carlton is presenting a newly elevated experience at The Ritz-Carlton Club across its Asia Pacific hotels, joining a successful launch in Mainland China last summer. The Ritz-Carlton Club provides a private respite where guests will find unique indulgences, curated culinary journeys and personalized encounters that create meaningful and memorable moments for both business and leisure travelers. […]

STR gave their 2022 summary, saying among the global regions, Asia was the only one to see a decline in revenue per available room when compared with 2019. While Australia & Oceania saw RevPAR rise 4.3% as a 20.8% rise in room rates offset a -13.6% decline in occupancy, versus 2019, Asia RevPAR was down -31.2%. Asia region […]

Macau has received 245,000 visitors in the first four days of the first four days of the Chinese New Year/Spring Festival holiday week. The visitor numbers have increasing starting with close to 40,000 on Saturday, 51,000 on Sunday and then a big increase on Monday and Tuesday. This is the highest visitation Macau has seen in three years. Wyndham Hotels […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR rose 6.9% year over year the week ended January 7. RevPAR, when compared to the same week in 2019, was down -39.6%. The results should start to change with the next report due to the removal of most of the restrictions, offset by what is still being reported by some media […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended December 17. Hotel RevPAR was down -1.1% year over year for the week. Compared with the same week in 2019, hotel RevPAR was down -31.7%. Absolute occupancy for the week in China was 50.9%. That compares with 49.5% during the comparable week in 2021. Japan National Tourism Organization said visitor arrivals […]

Data from Tourism Western Australia shows Singapore is now the number one source of foreign visitors, with Singaporeans accounting for 24% of all international arrivals in the September quarter, despite Singapore’s relatively low population. Singapore arrivals are already back at 80% of pre-Covid numbers with 270 flights per week between Changi and Perth Airport. Before […]

STR said China hotel RevPAR for the week ending December 10, was down -6.4% year over year. When compared with pre-pandemic, hotel RevPAR in China was down -37.4% against the same week in 2019. Absolute occupancy was 50.5%, compared with 49.7% during the comparable week in 2021. Accor announced its list of highly anticipated properties that will open in 2023. […]