Vietnam

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 […]

The World Travel & Tourism Council predicts China’s travel and tourism sector will contribute $1.48 trillion by the end of 2023, marking 150% growth from 2022 when Zero-Covid was still a hope and a prayer. Ten years from now, the WTTC forecasts the sector will contribute over $4 trillion to China’s economy. In 2023, the sector will support […]

The Royal Thai Government announced a temporary tourist visa exemption scheme to passport holders of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Kazakhstan effective from September 25, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The government hopes this will get them to their tourism revenue target of 2.38 trillion baht. Chinese and Kazakhstani nationals will be granted […]

The Philippines Dept. of Tourism said foreign arrivals reached 3.3 million in the first eight months of 2023, approaching the government’s goal of 4.8 million arrivals for the full year. South Korea remains the top inbound tourist source, with over 940,000 visitor arrivals recorded in the eight months. The US was second with 17.31% of arrivals, or 632,687. […]

The Thai Hotels Association said new ministerial regulations allowingplaces of accommodation with no more than eight rooms and 30 guests to be excluded from the hotel business would lead to a 15% to 20% loss of tourism revenue and an increase in safety risks. The regulation was recently published in the Royal Gazette, and THA believes this creates more […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended August 26. China hotel RevPAR was up 50.4% year over year. It was up against a 48.2% comp. Compared with the same week in 2019, China hotel RevPAR was up 19%, a solid result once again. A survey by the Thai Hotels Association and Bank of Thailand found that 29% of hotels rated […]

In the Q2 2023 Asia Pacific, excluding China, Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics, analysts state that the region is at an all-time project high of 1,936 with 401,766 rooms in the total pipeline at the quarter’s close. The Asia Pacific region, excluding China, had 172 hotel projects/26,748 rooms open in the first half of the year, […]

STR reported China hotel data for the week ended August 19th. Hotel RevPAR in China rose 44.3% for the week. It was up against a tough 89.7% rise a year ago. Compared with the same week in 2019, China hotel RevPAR was up 12.3%. Savills Vietnam issued a report saying Vietnam still has been one of the destinations drawing great […]

Bloomberg reported on the boom in hotel investment in Japan. We recently reported on the appetite Blackstone has for Japanese real estate, particularly hotels. The Bloomberg article expanded on that, saying foreign investors, including Goldman Sachs Group, KKR & Co, and Blackstone, have spent a combined $2 billion on hotel deals in Japan so far this year, the most compared […]

Vietnam New Brief reported that the supply of four and five-star hotels inVietnam rose 6.2% year over year in the first half of 2023. They cited a report by Outbox Company saying that at the end of June, Vietnam had 235 five-star hotels with 77,895 rooms and 354 four-star hotels with 47,502 rooms. Compared to 2019, that was […]

Vietnam News said the condotel market remains in a slump due to excess inventory, with industry insiders warning that it will not recover until at least 2025. Only 122 units were sold in the second quarter of 2023, despite the government regulations granting land ownership titles to condotels. DKRA Group said the inventory of unsold units topped 42,300 in June, […]

STR reported that China hotel RevPAR was up 36.9% in the week ending July 22nd. That was up against a drop of -15.7% in the year-ago week. Versus the week in 2019, RevPAR was up 5.4%. The South China Morning Post published an article on how cash-rich investors are looking to buy hotels in Hong Kong, taking advantage […]