The HVI is the authoritative guide to U.S. hotel values, giving hotel stakeholders an educated edge in buying, selling, and holding opportunities. This online tool provides historical and projected values and RevPAR for the United States market.
Alaska has embraced its identity as “The Last Frontier” and experienced significant growth in eco-tourism, fueled by rising cruise traffic and interest in outdoor recreation, helping to offset the state's declining oil industry. Despite challenges with strained infrastructure and political uncertainty, the overall outlook remains positive, with tourism revenues reaching record highs year-over-year.
The hotel demand landscape of Downtown Indianapolis is evolving rapidly, driven by major developments, a packed events calendar, and growing business activity downtown. With several large-scale development projects underway in a variety of sectors, the city is creating exciting opportunities for hotel owners, developers, and investors.
Galveston’s lodging market is being reshaped by capital investments and regulatory changes. Since 2019, more than $400 million has been spent on new cruise terminals, resort redevelopments, and boutique hotel conversions, while cruise passenger counts reached a record 1.7 million in 2024. With new projects underway and new short-term-rental oversights, growth will be affected by shifting supply and demand dynamics.
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.
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.
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.
The Oregon Coast is a vibrant, drive-to destination in the Pacific Northwest, known for its scenic charm and strong tourism appeal. With steady post-pandemic recovery and revitalization efforts underway, the region is poised for continued growth, drawing visitors to its coastal cities year-round.
Nashville has grown into a major domestic travel destination, supported by a strong tourism industry, robust commercial and industrial growth, and significant meeting and group demand. As tourism growth has normalized and corporate travel is expected to remain below pre-pandemic levels, meeting and group demand growth will be needed to support the continuously expanding hotel supply.
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) government, through its Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority, established the Hotel Development and Finance Program Act in 2011 to aid in the investment in and further development of the Islands’ hospitality offerings and collective tourism infrastructure. To date, three projects have received tax rebates from this program. Do you want to step into the Islands’ sandbox, too?