International attention falls on Des Moines, Iowa every four years as the epicenter of the presidential primaries, but the city hosts an unsung stable of big businesses that consistently generate demand for area hotels.
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HVS Hotel Market Intelligence Report: Des Moines, Iowa
International attention falls on Des Moines, Iowa every four years as the epicenter of the presidential primaries, but the city hosts an unsung stable of big businesses that consistently generate demand for area hotels.
Boston’s Waterfront District: Harboring Potential for Hotels
Boston’s burgeoning Waterfront District has been part of a rising tide of demand for local hotels, and expansion of the city’s convention market has created a need for thousands of additional rooms.
HVS Market Intelligence Report: Houston Hotels in 2012
Energy prices, strong for the past several years and rising in 2012, have driven impressive growth in jobs, commercial space, and other developments in Houston. This growth and major planned projects continue to pump hotel demand into the city.
HVS Hotel Market Intelligence Report: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Shipping and manufacturing have been the backbone of Chattanooga’s economy for more than a century. New investments in leisure attractions and commercial facilities are encouraging even more guests to pass through, bringing business to local hotels.
HVS European Hotel Valuation Index In-Depth Insights 2012
The 2012 European Hotel Valuation Index tracks trends in upscale hotel values in 33 key European markets. 2011 started as a year of improved performance, but it deteriorated to renewed uncertainty about the future during the second half of the year.
HVS U.S. Hotel Development Cost Survey 2011/12
The 2011 hotel development survey reports updated per-room development costs through the end of 2011. This year's survey reveals a range of factors impacting the turnkey cost of hotel development.
Mustering Military Demand in Southeastern Hotel Markets
Military installations—some expanded, others diminished—in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina are impacting hotel demand and average rates.
2011 European Hotel Transactions
Total European hotel transaction volume reached approximately €7.1 billion in 2011, an increase of 9% on the €6.5 billion recorded in 2010.
HVS Hotel Market Intelligence Report: New Orleans
The hotel industry in New Orleans has struggled to regain its footing in the years since Hurricane Katrina, but new data suggest a recovery is underway.
Hotel Market Snapshot Amsterdam, The Netherlands
An overview of the main drivers of hotel performance through the economic crisis, into the early recovery in 2010 and towards the fourth quarter of 2011, we discuss recent hotel transactions, announced developments and values per room in the city.
Industry Insights
We have written thousands of articles about all aspects of hospitality, including valuations, investing, lending, operations, asset management, and much more.
Boston’s burgeoning Waterfront District has been part of a rising tide of demand for local hotels, and expansion of the city’s convention market has created a need for thousands of additional rooms.
Energy prices, strong for the past several years and rising in 2012, have driven impressive growth in jobs, commercial space, and other developments in Houston. This growth and major planned projects continue to pump hotel demand into the city.
Shipping and manufacturing have been the backbone of Chattanooga’s economy for more than a century. New investments in leisure attractions and commercial facilities are encouraging even more guests to pass through, bringing business to local hotels.
The 2012 European Hotel Valuation Index tracks trends in upscale hotel values in 33 key European markets. 2011 started as a year of improved performance, but it deteriorated to renewed uncertainty about the future during the second half of the year.
The 2011 hotel development survey reports updated per-room development costs through the end of 2011. This year's survey reveals a range of factors impacting the turnkey cost of hotel development.
Military installations—some expanded, others diminished—in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina are impacting hotel demand and average rates.
Total European hotel transaction volume reached approximately €7.1 billion in 2011, an increase of 9% on the €6.5 billion recorded in 2010.
The hotel industry in New Orleans has struggled to regain its footing in the years since Hurricane Katrina, but new data suggest a recovery is underway.
An overview of the main drivers of hotel performance through the economic crisis, into the early recovery in 2010 and towards the fourth quarter of 2011, we discuss recent hotel transactions, announced developments and values per room in the city.
Robust demand in urban centers continues to drive Canadian hotel values despite high interest rate environment.