Melbourne

STR reported Melbourne, Australia’s hotel performance reached a pandemic era high, according to preliminary October 2022 data from STR. Occupancy for the month was 69.9%, ADR was A$232.07 and RevPAR was A$162.21. The market’s ADR level was the highest for any month on record while occupancy and RevPAR were the highest since February 2020 and November 2019 respectively. […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR for the week ended 11/5 was up 4.4% year over year. When compared to a similar week in 2019, RevPAR was down -44.7% which tells a better story of what is going on there. Year over year, absolute occupancy for this past week was 49.6% while the comp week in 2021 absolute occupancy […]

Chinese authorities signaled a move to ease international travel requirements, just a couple of days after President Xi reiterated his Zero-Covid policy. In a joint notice issued by regulators, the government asked authorities to make it more convenient for multi-national companies’ executives, technicians and their families to travel to China. The notice said all localities […]

A new report from international travel industry analysts, the Centre for Aviation, predicts the Asia Pacific region will no longer be the world’s largest travel region by the end of 2022, ceding the title to Europe. They discussed how aviation in the region remains down by 45% compared to pre-pandemic levels while European air travel has recovered to roughly 85% […]

Dajia Insurance Group Co has put three hotels in the U.S. up for sale, hoping to generate US$1.3 billion to take advantage of an expected surge in leisure travel and resort business. The Wall Street Journal reported Dajia put up for sale the Montage in Laguna Beach, California; the Four Seasons resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and the Four Seasons in […]

Marriott International announced it expects to open 14 additional luxury properties in Asia Pacific by the end of 2023. Marriott currently operates 156 luxury properties in the region. The Ritz-Carlton brand is set to expand in Japan with The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka opening in 2023. In Australia, the anticipated opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne will open in early 2023 […]

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 […]

Bloomberg reported that hotel rooms in Singapore are now the most expensive in almost a decade as the city-state seeks to position itself as the tourism and business destination in Asia. The average hotel room rate in Singapore rose nearly 70% year on year in July to S$259, the highest since September 2021. Visitor arrivals continue to […]

STR reported China hotel RevPAR was up 48.2% year over year against very easy comps. When compared with this week in 2019, RevPAR was down -20.4%. Absolute occupancy in China last week was 59.1% versus 43.1% in the same week last year. It never is good for the hotel space when a city of 21 million […]