The Growing Efficiency of China’s Star-Rated Hotels by Province 2003-2016
Over the past couple of decades, the hotel industry in China has witnessed phenomenal growth, with the number of five-star hotels growing from 64 in 1998 to 816 in 2017, a CAGR of 14.3%. Over the same period, the number of five-star hotel rooms has grown from 30,966...
Jaya Ibrahim – An Indonesian Designer Who Became One of the Most Respected Hospitality Designers in the World
On a recent trip to Indonesia I had the good fortune to attend a tribute to the late Indonesian designer, Jaya Ibrahim. Organized by Indonesia Design at The Dharmawangsa Jakarta, a luxurious 5-star hotel in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, the tribute attracted several...
Beyond DCF Analysis in Hotel Financial Modeling: Probabilistic Evaluation of Hotel Real Estate Investments
In these heady times, it is easy for hotel investors to overlook the most important cornerstone of the capital markets: that expected returns are (and should be) greater for more risky assets. Hotel investors commonly believe, implicitly if not explicitly, that they...
Restaurant Efficiency In Indonesia by Province: An Analysis Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Technique
Indonesia's burgeoning middle class and rising disposable income are having a major impact on the country's restaurant industry. Assisted by the growth in international visitors, which have grown from 5.5 million in 2007 to 14 million in 2017, (as illustrated in our...
Singapore’s Hotel Productivity Center – A Blueprint for the Hotel Industry Worldwide
The Singapore Productivity Centre (SPC) was set up in October 2013 under the aegis of the National Productivity Council. Its mission is to drive enterprise productivity for sustained growth and competitiveness. Singapore's Hotel Productivity Centre (HPC) was launched...
Short-Term Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals to Singapore, 2018-2020
We are pleased to provide this brief executive summary of our report titled "Short-Term Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals in Singapore, 2018-2020." The full report can be downloaded at the end of the post. Subscribers to the report will receive a complimentary update of...
Star-Rated Hotel Efficiency In Indonesia: A Provincial Analysis Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Technique
The hotel industry in Indonesia has recently seen phenomenal growth with demand for star-rated hotels (room-nights occupied) growing at CAGR 24.7% over the past five years, 2012-2017. Star-rated hotels across the 34 provinces hosted 93.4 million room-nights in 2017,...
Infographic: Our Approach for Evaluating the Efficiency of Hotel Operations Within a Multi-Hotel, Multi-Market Portfolio Using DEA
In an earlier post this year, we introduced our readers to Data Envelopment Analysis, (DEA & Productivity - Brief 2018), a linear programming methodology used to measure the relative performance and efficiency of Decision Making Units (DMUs), in our case hotels,...
Short-Term Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals to Indonesia, 2018-2020
We are pleased to provide this brief executive summary of our report titled "Short-Term Forecasts of Visitor Arrivals in Indonesia, 2018-2020." The full report can be downloaded at the end of the post. Subscribers to the report will receive a complimentary update of...
Geographically Diverse or Geographically Disperse Hotel Portfolios?
Diversification and asset allocation play important roles in determining the overall performance of hotel portfolios. What most hotel investors don’t realize, however, is that the foundation for a sound asset allocation strategy is built upon a widely accepted...