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The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of being closed due to Covid restrictions. The 498,600 foreign visitors in October was more than double September’s 206,500. That number was still down -80% on 2019. In 2019 a record 31.8 […]

The supposed reopening trade for China stocks hit a speed bump as the realization set in with investors that Covid cases are not going down, in fact they continue to go up. For the sixth straight day, the number of new cases topped 20,000 with a new seven month high today of more than 26,000. Guangdong is once again […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR the week ended October 29 was down -17.1% year over year. When up against the similar week in 2019, hotel RevPAR fell -44.8%. China hotel absolute occupancy for the week was 48.8% compared with 55.2% during the same week in 2021. The South China Morning Post published an article on medical tourism being ramped up […]

Accor said they signed an agreement with Panthers Group for a new five-star Pullman hotel at the Penrith Panthers precinct in Western Sydney. The upper upscale 153-room Pullman Sydney Penrith hotel, slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2023, forms part of Panthers Group’s landmark transformation of the Penrith Panthers precinct to create a new state-of-the-art business and entertainment destination. The hotel […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended 10/15. Hotel RevPAR in China was down -35.5% year over year while down -52.5% when up against the same week in 2019. Absolute occupancy for the week in 2022 was 46.2%. That compares with 65% during the comparable week in 2021. Hyatt Hotels announced the opening of […]

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pledging to increase inbound tourism spending to more than 5 trillion yen per year. The PM believes Japan can benefit from the yen’s recent fall to 24 year lows against the dollar. This is being said just as the country loosens up its border and Covid policies, including ending a cap on […]

STR said Melbourne, Australia’s hotel performance in August fell from the previous month. Preliminary August 2022 data shows occupancy at 59%, ADR at A$207.05 and RevPAR at A$122.10. STR said ADR was higher than August 2019 but the occupancy and RevPAR levels remained below the pre-pandemic comparables at -27.3% and -16.1% respectively. STR said the highest occupancy level […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR results for the week ended September 10. RevPAR was down -12.3% year over year while down -29.3% when compared with a comparable week in 2019. Absolute occupancy was 48.2% in China for the week. That compares with 56.2% in the year ago week. Hong Kong hotels have been told to set aside just eight […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended September 3. Year over year, hotel RevPAR was up 19.3%, still up against easier year-over-year comps. When compared to the similar week in 2019, hotel RevPAR was down -28.2%. Absolute occupancy for the week was 52.7%. That compares with absolute occupancy of 46.65 during the same week in 2021. […]

A rebound in foreign tourist arrivals into Thailand is pushing up the nation’s hotel occupancy rate from a record low during the pandemic. The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Hotels Association released a joint survey of 106 hotels. The survey found the average room occupancy at Thai hotels was 48% in August, up from 46% […]

The Macau Statistics and Census Service said six hotels in Macau stopped providing accommodation services to the public in July, during the Covid outbreak. That brought the region to 115 hotels and guesthouses, and the biggest drop since the Statistics and Census Service began collecting such data in January 2019. The statement did not clarify if […]

The Singapore government said indoor masks will no longer be mandatory from August 29 on and that masks will only be worn in medical facilities and on public transport. The bigger announcement is same-day visitors will no longer be required to be vaccinated when entering the country. Same-day visitors will just need to present a two […]