A major conference in any industry is a helpful barometer, and the recent Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific in Singapore provided some key insights for the hospitality business in Asia.
Austin’s central business district submarket experienced mixed hotel performance during the first half of October, with both demand and average daily rate shaped by the Austin City Limits Music Festival and broader shifts in downtown activity.
The current government shutdown, which began at midnight on Oct. 1, 2025, has now entered its fifth week and hotels, particularly near the nation's capital, are feeling the effects.
With hotel metrics down annually across the board, professionals in the hospitality and travel industries who need something to look forward to can check out Expedia Group's annual report of travel trends and top destinations.
Canada's hotel industry continues its healthy performance run with year-to-date revenue per available room — or RevPAR — up 4.7% through September, driven primarily by a 3.9% increase in average daily rate, or ADR.
U.S. hotel revenue per available room, or RevPAR, dropped 2.1% in September, the sharpest monthly deceleration since 2022. This marks the second consecutive quarter of declines in RevPAR.
Following the U.S. hotel industry’s first weekly increase in revenue per available room since August, RevPAR declined 0.7% for the week of Oct. 12-18. Average daily rate was up 1.7% but came in below the rate of inflation (~+2.7%). The gain in ADR was offset by hotel occupancy, which dipped for a 17th consecutive week. In 18 of the past 25 weeks since the beginning of May, RevPAR has decreased year over year with occupancy down in all but two of those weeks.
Stem cell therapy at a hotel spa sounds too good, too outlandish or too something to be real. But for global jetsetters who do not have the time to frequent medical clinics and do not bat an eye at many price tags, it might be the perfect fit.
The Lodging Conference took place at the picturesque JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge during the first full week of October. Despite ongoing challenges in the capital markets, conference attendees remained upbeat, noting recent large transactions as green shoots in the hospitality industry. Coincidentally, the conference venue was sold in a large portfolio deal earlier in the year, underscoring investor interest in trophy assets.
Three new brands debuted at The Lodging Conference this year. Marriott announced the alternative lodging brand, Outdoor Collection by Marriott Bonvoy. Hilton unveiled the Outset Collection by Hilton, a lifestyle soft brand in the upper-midscale and upscale categories. Finally, Wyndham launched an economy lifestyle extension to the Dazzler soft band called Dazzler Select.
The last major hotel investment conference of the year, The Lodging Conference, often has a relaxed vibe as attendees gather by the golf courses, pickleball courts and poolside of the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge to exchange introductions, discuss business and make deals.
For the second consecutive week, U.S. hotel average daily rate rose at the rate of inflation, up 2.6% for the week of Oct. 5-11. As a result, U.S. hotel revenue per available room rose 0.6%, marking the industry’s first weekly RevPAR increase since the end of August. U.S. hotel occupancy, however, fell for a 16th straight week, with the most recent decline (-1.4 percentage points) half of what had been seen in the previous fortnight, when it was down about 2.5 percentage points.
Despite visible gains in nominal pricing for San Antonio’s downtown upper-tier hotels, the purchasing power of average daily rates, or ADR, remains slightly below pre-pandemic levels.
Traditionally, hotels located in airport submarkets cater to airline crews and distressed passengers due to flight delays or missing connections. Their performance is heavily influenced by fluctuations in airport passenger volume.
Over the past 25 years, the government has shut down five times, and hotel performance in the nation’s hub of governance, the Washington, D.C., region, has suffered each time.