Hotel Discount Rates and Equity Yields: A Decade of Shifting Investor Expectations
Over the past decade, equity yields for hotel investments have declined steadily across all segments, reflecting growing investor confidence in the asset class. Discount rates, by contrast, have remained relatively stable, moving with broader economic conditions. With equity yields approaching a natural floor, stability is the most likely near-term outlook.
What Every Owner Needs to Know Before Deciding to Sell, Hold, or Renovate in 2026
U.S. hotels had a difficult year in 2025, with RevPAR down 0.3%—the first non-recessionary decline on record. Conditions are improving, and 2026 appears to be a stabilization year. This playbook examines the pricing floor, segment performance variations, and PIP and debt maturity pressures. It also includes a “seller-readiness checklist” for timing a sale.
HVS U.S. Market Pulse: February 2026
U.S. hotels began 2026 steadily, with flat occupancy and slightly higher ADR for January. As of February, HVS expects modest RevPAR growth in 2026 and stronger gains in 2027 and 2028. Cap rates are trending downward as more distressed assets sell, while transaction activity is slowly gaining momentum, supported by lower interest rates.
MBA CREF 2026 Conference Key Takeaways: Debt Markets, Liquidity, and the Evolving Real Estate Cycle
Discussions at the MBA CREF 2026 conference in San Diego highlighted several key shifts in commercial real estate capital markets, including the growing dominance of debt, strong private credit liquidity, and ongoing asset repricing following recent market volatility. While these trends affect all property types, they carry notable implications for the hospitality sector.
Israel’s Tourism and Hospitality Outlook – From Recovery to Reinvention
This article examines Israel's tourism and hospitality industry, hotel investment and transactions market and the likely speed of recovery following the end of the war. It also discusses to what extent Israel's operational resilience, strategic flexibility and the untapped potential of the Abraham Accords will allow its tourism industry to recover.
San Francisco’s Hotel Investment Outlook Brightens
Following a slow post-pandemic recovery and a modest decline in 2024, RevPAR for the San Francisco market has rebounded in 2025, with year-to-date performance reaching the highest levels since 2020. With strengthening fundamentals, the market appears poised for notable growth in hotel investments.
Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2025
The Market Snapshot: Asia Pacific 2025 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.
The Lodging Conference 2025: HVS Takeaways
This year’s Lodging Conference was well attended with a cautiously optimistic atmosphere, despite the challenges currently facing the industry. HVS was pleased to sponsor the event, and we were strongly represented with participants from multiple divisions. Several HVS attendees provide their thoughts and takeaways from the event in this article.
H1 2025 European Hotel Transactions
HVS discusses the main hotel transactions that took place in the first half of 2025 and looks at the trends in single-asset and portfolio transactions over the years.
HVS ANAROCK Insights - Scaling Up Smart: Hotel Operators Fast-Track Their Expansion Strategy Through Strategic Partnerships
With new deals reshaping the landscape, strategic partnerships and acquisitions are back in focus across India’s hospitality sector. Read on to know more.