Hotel Industry Trends

In this newsletter, we review a decision of the Queensland Court of Appeal regarding the sale of the Hamilton Island hideaway owned by the estate of the former Beatles member, Mr George Harrison. - More

Search Engines – they’re where consumers continually go to get their questions answered. These people utilize search engines like Google, Yahoo!, or Bing, type in their queries, and expect to see results that are relevant to what they are looking for. - More

Published in conjunction with STR (Smith Travel Research) and endorsed by the Hotel Association of Canada. This publication summarizes weekly occupancy and average room rates from major cities in Canada. - More

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy increased 10.6 percent to 60.1 percent. Average daily rate rose 2.4 percent to US$96.50. Revenue per available room increased 13.2 percent to US$57.98. - More

The U.S. Hotel Industry Leading Indicator, or HIL, increased 0.2 percent during July after going down 0.5 percent during June, according to research firm e-forecasting.com in conjunction with Smith Travel Research. - More

The HotStats Hotel Confidence Monitor - Q3 2010 - More

Pent-up Demand Also Leads to Lower Look-to-Books as Consumers Return to Booking - More

Travelers' No. 1 use of their Web-enabled smart phones? Reaching a destination using the built-in GPS, a new study unveiled this morning says. - More

International tourist arrivals are estimated to have grown by 7% in the first half of 2010. While growth was modest in April as a consequence of the closure of European airspace following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, results were strong in May (+10%) and June (+8%). Data available for July indicates that growth is set to continue at a s... - More

Where is the travel sector headed? Which areas of distribution are going to see maximum growth? How is the whole travel planning, booking and in-destination process changing for the travellers? What is the role of technology and gadgets for additional sales channels and driving customer loyalty in the time to come? - More