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Savills reported hotel business activities in most countries worldwide are gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels, but not the Asia-Pacific region. Savills said Singapore is leading the recovery process in Southeast Asia, led by growth in ADR. Thailand is also experiencing a good level of recovery. Savills said business activities in the Vietnamese market still lag behind pre-pandemic levels in both room occupancy […]

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 […]

More reports are coming out of Vietnam about hotels closing or being put up for sale. The latest article said a Google search “for sale hotels in Ho Chi Minh City” brought up hundreds of results. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said in District 1 there are 308 tourist establishments and about 20 have closed, […]

Marriott International announced an agreement with Hiap Hoe Limited, through HH Properties Pte Ltd, to bring the Aloft Hotels brand to Singapore. There will be a strategic conversion of the 785 room hotel with the rebranding reopening to take place in Q3 2023, marking the Aloft brand’s debut in Singapore. This will be the largest Aloft branded hotel […]

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 […]

STR reported hotel RevPAR in China rose 31.5% the week ended January 14. When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -28.1%. The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the country has decided to resume outbound group travel to selected countries including Sri Lanka early next month. The pilot program will take effect on February 6 to […]

China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told the media that many foreign nations had responded warmly to the country’s newly relaxed Covid-19 regulations. Some countries were also said to have reacted to Beijing’s decision to ease its own health policies with ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unacceptable’ restrictions. The Chinese government threatened to retaliate after the United States and other nations […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ending 10/8. China hotel RevPAR was down -16.5% year over year (Golden Week). When compared with the same week in 2019, RevPAR was down -12.7%. Absolute occupancy for the week was 47.1%. That compares with absolute occupancy of 54.8% during the same week last year. People’s Daily, considered the […]

The number of Adelaide hotel rooms filled in one night hit a new high last month. On September 27, World Tourism Day, there were 9,001 CBD hotel rooms occupied of the total 9,911 available. This broke the previous record of 8,967 rooms occupied, reached the week prior. Nightly occupancy hit its highest since the start of […]

Hyatt Hotels Corp announced plans for its continued growth in the Asia Pacific market. They unveiled a robust pipeline of landmark luxury and lifestyle hotels and resorts, expected to open in late 2022 and 2023. This includes the strategic entry of several brands into new markets, including the arrival of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brand in […]

The Business Times of Singapore commented on the Fitch Solutions report saying Vietnam’s tourism sector is forecast to record US$11.1 billion in revenue in 2024, which would exceed the 2019 tourism revenue number of US$10.8 billion. They expect strong growth to continue with US$13.2 billion generated by tourism in 2026 with more than 22 million arrivals in the country. As we […]