Hotel investment in the Nordics is dominated by a handful of regional investors and companies. Few brands have a major presence in the area, as the main barrier to entry is the preference for operational leases rather than management agreements.
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The New Dawn in the Land of the Midnight Sun - Are the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads Between Management Agreements and Leases?
Hotel investment in the Nordics is dominated by a handful of regional investors and companies. Few brands have a major presence in the area, as the main barrier to entry is the preference for operational leases rather than management agreements.
Trends and Transactions for Top-Tier Denver Hotels
The performance of upscale and luxury hotels in Downtown Denver made a strong rebound in 2010, buoying investor confidence in the market. This trend continues in 2011, with a rise in RevPAR and transactions for the city’s top-tier hotels.
Sri Lanka Tourism: Poised For Growth
The article provides an overview of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and discusses the factors responsible for tourism growth, highlighting the shortage of rooms in the country. It also discusses the future trends and challenges.
Geneva Hotel Market Snapshot 2011
The Geneva hotel market’s recent performance and outlook.
Edinburgh Market Snapshot
Edinburgh is the second most visited city in the UK and its hotel market demonstrated strong resilience in the past 18 months. We explore hotel supply and demand, seasonality, recent transactions, the hotel pipeline and average values per room.
Florida Newsletter - Summer 2011 Spotlight on the Miami-Dade Hotel Marketplace: Miami's Hotel Performance and Values are Set to Heat Up
By examining trends in visitation, occupancy, average rate, and transactions, this article illustrates the resiliency of certain submarkets of the Miami hospitality industry. This is the first of a quarterly update on hospitality markets in Florida.
Making Sense Of Debt Yield Ratios
Steve Rushmore's June 2011 article for Lodging Hospitality magazine.
Market Intelligence Report: Nashville, Tennessee
New demand-generating developments and attractive investment parameters are putting the Nashville hotel market on track for an impressive recovery.
HVS Hotel Market Snapshot: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs’ hotel industry has been in business for more than a century, with a wide spectrum of entities driving demand. The market wasn’t hard hit by the recent recession, and major events this summer should bode well for local hotels.
RevPAR- Adjusted Budgets: The Only Ones Worth Looking At (Part 3 of 3)
This article is the third of a three-part series that explores the rationale, methodology and results related to RevPAR-adjusted budgets. Such budgets are proposed as a tool to measure management’s performance that is superior to unadjusted budgets.
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We have written thousands of articles about all aspects of hospitality, including valuations, investing, lending, operations, asset management, and much more.
The performance of upscale and luxury hotels in Downtown Denver made a strong rebound in 2010, buoying investor confidence in the market. This trend continues in 2011, with a rise in RevPAR and transactions for the city’s top-tier hotels.
The article provides an overview of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry and discusses the factors responsible for tourism growth, highlighting the shortage of rooms in the country. It also discusses the future trends and challenges.
The Geneva hotel market’s recent performance and outlook.
Edinburgh is the second most visited city in the UK and its hotel market demonstrated strong resilience in the past 18 months. We explore hotel supply and demand, seasonality, recent transactions, the hotel pipeline and average values per room.
By examining trends in visitation, occupancy, average rate, and transactions, this article illustrates the resiliency of certain submarkets of the Miami hospitality industry. This is the first of a quarterly update on hospitality markets in Florida.
Steve Rushmore's June 2011 article for Lodging Hospitality magazine.
New demand-generating developments and attractive investment parameters are putting the Nashville hotel market on track for an impressive recovery.
Colorado Springs’ hotel industry has been in business for more than a century, with a wide spectrum of entities driving demand. The market wasn’t hard hit by the recent recession, and major events this summer should bode well for local hotels.
This article is the third of a three-part series that explores the rationale, methodology and results related to RevPAR-adjusted budgets. Such budgets are proposed as a tool to measure management’s performance that is superior to unadjusted budgets.
Robust demand in urban centers continues to drive Canadian hotel values despite high interest rate environment.