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According to our analysis of the Australian Accommodation Monitor, which includes hotels, motels, serviced apartments and holiday cabins, the total supply stock of accommodation for Australia has grown at the compound annual growth rate (CAGR%) of...

The Northwest Quadrant is the place to create increased shareholder value and the place to be seen!  No, we’re not talking about buying hotels in North West Australia, even though hotels in Broome, Port Headland, and Karratha may have important roles in a...

While many hotel investors claim to use a portfolio management approach to maximize returns and reduce risk, the question needs to be asked, “Are they harnessing the power of mean-variance optimization (MVO), a complex mathematical procedure, to construct efficient...

SiteMinder's World Hotel Index compares year-on-year 2020 daily hotel booking volumes as a percentage of 2019 bookings to highlight momentum. Used by 35,000 hotels and connected to more than 400 hotel booking channels globally, SiteMinder found that the volume of...

SiteMinder's World Hotel Index compares year-on-year 2020 daily hotel booking volumes as a percentage of 2019 bookings to highlight momentum. Used by 35,000 hotels and connected to more than 400 hotel booking channels globally, SiteMinder found that the volume of...

Hotel Investors often seem to have peculiar preconceptions about the main objective of hotel investment analysis.  Many believe the financing decision is the major part of the analysis. Others treat the forecasting of cash flows and hotel values as the primary...

Accounting for about 43% of Australia's hotels and resorts, the major upscale and upper mid-class hotel brands are characterized by hotels that achieved average daily rates (ADR's) of between $137 and $280 (average $180.25) and operated with average occupancies of...

Hotel investors in Australia are confronted with two types of risk when constructing diversified portfolios; systematic and unsystematic. Systematic risk (also known as market risk) is the part of total risk that cannot be eliminated or reduced, no matter how well an...

The growth of Indonesia’s real GDP over the past decade or so has significantly impacted the number of domestic visitor staying in star-rated hotels across the archipelago, especially in provinces such as Riau, Lampung, Kalimantan Tengah and Gorontalo. As a major...

The growth of Australia’s real GDP over the past couple of decades has significantly impacted the number of domestic visitor nights in hotels across the country, especially in capital city markets. As a major economic determinant of hotel demand, the growth in real...