Jesper Palmqvist

The sentiment across Asia-Pacific hoteliers seems to be turning downward, but hotel performance data isn't following that trend quite yet, according to STR's Jesper Palmqvist.

With hotel rates up roughly 10% over pre-pandemic levels, some countries across the Asia-Pacific region are now wondering whether they're pricing themselves out of international consumers' travel ...

The recovery of Indian travel and tourism is focused on capitalizing on very significant growth and overall societal change, as the opportunity ahead offers temptations not seen in a while.

The harsh reality of hotel performance is that one public holiday, a string of Saturdays or even decent domestic leisure travel will ultimately not be enough for struggling hoteliers, and a broader ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on WeChat in both Chinese and English. To read the Chinese version, click here.

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GLOBAL REPORT—Home to 178 hotels with close to 44,000 rooms, the Kuala Lumpur hotel market has seen supply growth of 13.3% since 2014 and by 3.5% for the full year of 2018—a pace which demand has had ...

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SINGAPORE and HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—2017 was a good year for the Hong Kong hotel industry.

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TOKYO—After a few years of formidable growth primarily from Asian markets like greater China, Japan’s international arrivals are projected to surpass 28 million in 2017. The Japan Tourism Agency ...

BANGKOK—The benefits of tourism and an open society were a recurring theme at the recent World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit, which drew a large crowd from all over the world to Bangkok, the ...

SINGAPORE—Most main stakeholders in the Japanese hospitality industry remain positive about market conditions across the nation, and it’s difficult not to agree. The past three years have seen a ...

China’s economic growth slowdown is dominating the conversations surrounding hotel investment and performance in the Asia/Pacific region. But China’s economy hotel segment continues to press forward ...