Now is the Time to Introduce Value-Based Pricing in Australia’s Hotel Industry
The COVID - 19 pandemic is forcing hoteliers and hotel investors to seriously challenge assumptions that have been major cornerstones of the hotel industry. Assumptions about the business model, about what really constitutes fixed and variable expenses and what are...
The Market Position of the Major Luxury Hotel Brands in the US, 2019
The current COVID -19 pandemic is likely to have a lasting impact on the size, number, and market position of luxury and upscale hotel brands in the U.S. The impact of the pandemic will lead to a consolidation of brands resulting in fewer brands after their rapid...
Targeting Underpriced Hotels in Australia…..the Positive Alphas!
Identifying individual hotels that are underpriced (expected abnormal or excess risk-adjusted returns) in an economic sense is difficult to achieve. Unless a hotel investor has access to information that is not widely known, or is contemplating the purchase of a hotel...
Growth in Star-Rated Hotel Room Demand by Indonesian Province & Star Rating 2014 -2019
After a decade of solid growth in demand for Indonesia's burgeoning star-rated hotel sector, 2019 witnessed a precipitous decline in room night demand across all star-rated categories, except for 1-star hotels. Led by 5 and 2-star hotels with declines of 32%...
The Market Position of Luxury & Upscale Hotel Brands in Australia, 2019
The current COVID -19 pandemic is likely to have a lasting impact on the size, number, and market position of Australia’s luxury and upscale hotel brands over the next three years. The impact of the pandemic will lead to a consolidation of brands resulting in fewer...
Winners & Losers in the Top 10 Australian Hotel Markets
The focus on monthly, quarterly and yearly data by hotel managers and investors often masks trends that are shaping the investment horizon over longer periods. For this reason, we have examined the best and worst-performing hotel markets in Australia using RevPAR...
Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals from China, New Zealand, USA, UK & Japan to Australia 2020-2024
About two months ago we provided our clients our first international visitor forecasts for Australia's major international markets after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. At the time we said that “making detailed projections about the timing and...
Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals from Singapore, China, Australia and India to Indonesia 2020-2025
About two months ago we published our first forecasts for international visitor arrivals in Indonesia after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. At the time we said that "making detailed projections about the timing and nature of the recovery of...
In Search of ‘Alpha’ and ‘Beta’ Hotel Markets in Australia
“What are the best hotel markets in Australia - primary, secondary or tertiary", "What are the best lodging classes - luxury & upper upscale, upscale & upper mid or midscale & economy", and "What are the best capital city and large regional hotel markets -...
Helping Our Clients Identify the Top Quartile RevPAR Growth Markets in the Early Years of the Next Upcycle
Given the current concerns of many hotel investors and owners to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may seem premature to identify a list of potential hotel markets likely to deliver top quartile RevPAR growth in the early years of the next upcycle. A...