The 2024 edition of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) brought over 300 attendees to the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lord’s Castle All Inclusive Resort for several days of networking and industry insights from key stakeholders in the region. This article provides the major takeaways from this year’s conference.
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Riding the Wave: Key Takeaways from CHICOS 2024
The 2024 edition of the Caribbean Hotel Investment Conference & Operations Summit (CHICOS) brought over 300 attendees to the Wyndham Grand Barbados Sam Lord’s Castle All Inclusive Resort for several days of networking and industry insights from key stakeholders in the region. This article provides the major takeaways from this year’s conference.
Guanacaste, Costa Rica’s Rise and Challenges as an Eco-Luxury Lodging Destination
The Guanacaste province on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast has experienced tremendous growth over the past two decades, fueling opportunities for further lodging development to accommodate growing tourism demand. To support sustainable growth and maintain Guanacaste’s eco-luxury appeal, it will be essential to address challenges such as infrastructure shortcomings while balancing environmental stewardship.
Key Hotel Investment Trends and Opportunities in the Carolinas and Georgia
Major cities in the Southeast like Charleston, Atlanta, Savannah, and Raleigh-Durham remain strong hotel investment markets due to their thriving tourism, growing business hubs, and strategic locations. Enhanced financing options are expected to boost transaction volumes. Significant construction pipelines and improving economic conditions highlight the region's long-term resilience and investment appeal.
Stability, Revitalization, and Growth: A Look at Kansas City’s Three Prominent Submarkets
Downtown Kansas City and the Country Club Plaza are established submarkets in Kansas City, each with strong demand generators and numerous hotels, while Village West is a growing submarket with a strong pipeline of development. While these markets are all in different economic stages, the outlook is optimistic for all three.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Hotel Market Moves Toward a New Normal
Hard hit by a multitude of factors during the pandemic, the Twin Cities hotel market has experienced significant fluctuations in supply, demand, and operating performance. Signs of resilience are evident in the year-to-date trends, as the hotel market adjusts to supply changes and a different demand mix.
Hotel Assets: The Dark Horse in Real Estate Investing
The real estate market is constantly evolving, influenced by economic factors and societal trends. Over the years, different real estate sectors have taken turns in the spotlight, with office and multi-family properties often seen as safe and stable investments. However, recent data suggests a changing landscape, with hotel assets emerging as a more attractive investment option. In this article, we will explore how real estate investment in the lodging sector is becoming more appealing.
HVS Takeaways – The Lodging Conference
This week marked another successful and highly attended Lodging Conference. HVS was proud to sponsor and speak at the event, and our recap is presented in this article.
Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2024
The Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2024 highlights an overview of transaction activity in the region and presents 24 markets’ current hospitality landscape; each covering demand and supply dynamics, hotel performances, and key transactions.
September 2024 Hotel Industry Outlook: Anticipating Accelerated Growth
Lower inflation, continued job creation, and the anticipated benefits of the recent cut in the federal funds rate provide a foundation for optimism about the U.S. economy. In the lodging sector, as different markets and segments continue to post varying results, we anticipate the overall trend of positive, albeit muted, growth to persist in the near term.
Hotel Performance Outlook for Denver: Growth Picking up through 2026
This piece discusses recent trends and our outlook for the Denver hotel market for the next two years, with modest growth expected to resume in 2025.
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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 Guanacaste province on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast has experienced tremendous growth over the past two decades, fueling opportunities for further lodging development to accommodate growing tourism demand. To support sustainable growth and maintain Guanacaste’s eco-luxury appeal, it will be essential to address challenges such as infrastructure shortcomings while balancing environmental stewardship.
Major cities in the Southeast like Charleston, Atlanta, Savannah, and Raleigh-Durham remain strong hotel investment markets due to their thriving tourism, growing business hubs, and strategic locations. Enhanced financing options are expected to boost transaction volumes. Significant construction pipelines and improving economic conditions highlight the region's long-term resilience and investment appeal.
Downtown Kansas City and the Country Club Plaza are established submarkets in Kansas City, each with strong demand generators and numerous hotels, while Village West is a growing submarket with a strong pipeline of development. While these markets are all in different economic stages, the outlook is optimistic for all three.
Hard hit by a multitude of factors during the pandemic, the Twin Cities hotel market has experienced significant fluctuations in supply, demand, and operating performance. Signs of resilience are evident in the year-to-date trends, as the hotel market adjusts to supply changes and a different demand mix.
The real estate market is constantly evolving, influenced by economic factors and societal trends. Over the years, different real estate sectors have taken turns in the spotlight, with office and multi-family properties often seen as safe and stable investments. However, recent data suggests a changing landscape, with hotel assets emerging as a more attractive investment option. In this article, we will explore how real estate investment in the lodging sector is becoming more appealing.
This week marked another successful and highly attended Lodging Conference. HVS was proud to sponsor and speak at the event, and our recap is presented in this article.
The Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2024 highlights an overview of transaction activity in the region and presents 24 markets’ current hospitality landscape; each covering demand and supply dynamics, hotel performances, and key transactions.
Lower inflation, continued job creation, and the anticipated benefits of the recent cut in the federal funds rate provide a foundation for optimism about the U.S. economy. In the lodging sector, as different markets and segments continue to post varying results, we anticipate the overall trend of positive, albeit muted, growth to persist in the near term.
This piece discusses recent trends and our outlook for the Denver hotel market for the next two years, with modest growth expected to resume in 2025.
Robust demand in urban centers continues to drive Canadian hotel values despite high interest rate environment.