ARLINGTON, Va. – CoStar and Tourism Economics further downgraded growth projections in a revised 2025-26 U.S. hotel forecast just released at the 17th Annual Hotel Data Conference. Given continued underperformance and elevated macroeconomic concerns, forecasted growth rates were lowered across the top-line metrics: demand (-0.6ppts), ADR (-0.5 ppts) and RevPAR (-1.1Continue Reading
ARLINGTON, Virginia—CoStar and Tourism Economics further downgraded growth projections in a revised 2025-26 U.S. hotel forecast just released at the 17th Annual Hotel Data Conference. Given continued underperformance and elevated macroeconomic concerns, forecasted growth rates were lowered across the top-line metrics: demand (down 0.6 percentage points), ADR (down 0.5 percentageContinue Reading
Doug Kennedy’s Next Staff Training Webcast: Cooking UP New Hotel Sales – Image Credit Kennedy Training Network Visit Sponsored By Travel Outlook and Track Hospitality Software Register your team and participate live, or view the recording, of Doug Kennedy’s next 40-minute training webcast scheduled for Monday, August 18, at NoonContinue Reading
4 min reading time Published on 05/08/25 – Updated on 05/08/25 As heatwaves intensify year after year, the tourism sector is facing profound changes in booking behaviour and increased exposure to natural risks. This is a hot topic today, as discussed by Vanguélis Panayotis, CEO of MKG Consulting and HospitalityContinue Reading
Image Credit Eye on Asia In Focus: Indonesia provides an overview of Indonesia’s tourism landscape and hotel market performance, infrastructure developments, hotel transactions and investments in 2024, an in-focus topic on the 10 priority destinations as well as an outlook. Indonesia Indonesia, officially known as the Republic of Indonesia, isContinue Reading
5 min reading time Published on 01/08/25 – Updated on 01/08/25 Venice made headlines last year with the introduction of its entrance tax, a measure that was as intriguing as it was divisive. While the introduction of an entrance tax for a city is rather unusual, taxes are commonplace inContinue Reading
Visiting a ‘borgo’ entails activating a form of immersion with all five of the senses highly aroused: in a village perched on the Madonie Mountains or stretched out comfortably above the sea, one looks, tastes, touches, smells and, above all, one listens: voices from the earth and from water, communityContinue Reading
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Even as the Trump administration pursues a hardline approach to enforcing immigration law, some congressional Republicans acknowledge the need to expand immigration opportunities for workers in specialized sectors such as agriculture. As industries that depend on temporary workers like agriculture and tourism say they need greater latitude to hire immigrantContinue Reading
Key Takeaways Research from YouGov shows 70 percent of Aussies say they would travel domestically this year to spectate or to participate in a sporting event Millennials are leading the pack with 78 percent having travelled for sport in the past six months while Gen Z are particularly keen onContinue Reading
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