Canada's hotel industry is very much holding it's own!
In spite of major disruptors on both the economic and geopolitical fronts, through June occupancy has remained stable in comparison to 2024 and ADR has increased by $5, leading to an increase in RevPAR of 2.8%. Domestic demand has greatly contributed to mitigating the current international travel disruptors. Elbows Up Canada!
Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Fort Worth are pursuing convention center expansions totaling $7.6 to $7.8 billion, with San Antonio considering an additional $900 million project. These developments are largely enabled by Texas’s innovative financing mechanisms, such as Project Financing Zones. This article examines the scope of these projects and their policy foundations, while analyzing how they shape both Texas’s internal competition and its national positioning in the convention industry.
Our Serviced Apartment Sentiment Survey invited lenders, investors and operators to share their views on the challenges and strategic focus points in 2025 and beyond.
Snapshot of the Edinburgh hotel market in 2025 with an exploration of tourism demand, hotel performance, hotel supply, the investment market and the market outlook.
In Focus: Indonesia provides an overview of Indonesia's tourism landscape and hotel market performance, infrastructure developments, hotel transactions and investments in 2024, an in-focus topic on the 10 priority destinations as well as an outlook.
This is a monthly industry update that highlights the key trends in the Indian hospitality industry.
Tucson’s hotel supply and investment interest have evolved in the past few years. From the addition of boutique hotels in the downtown area to new extended-stay options near hospitals and office parks, the city is experiencing one of its most dynamic hotel development cycles in decades.
Succession planning is too often reactive in hospitality — but it doesn’t have to be. Drawing on firsthand experience with CEO succession, this article explores how to build internal leadership pipelines and when to look outside for talent. It makes the case for treating succession as a long-term investment, and outlines how executive search partners can support pivotal leadership transitions.
Africa’s hotel pipeline is expanding, but delivery challenges persist. The Future Hospitality Summit Africa highlighted issues like misaligned financing, FX volatility, and policy fragmentation. While investor interest is strong, success now hinges on execution, local expertise, and viable delivery models.
This research report is a benchmark for development cost across different hotel classes, with research and a compilation of development costs from actual hotel construction budgets, including an illustrated total development cost per room/per product type.