Hotels

Analysis by Kelsey Fenerty

For the past six months, Osaka has played host to the World Expo, a quinquennial event that brings together people and innovations with a focus on key global challenges. The event has historically generated substantial gains in hotel performance, a pattern that was evident in Osaka and neighboring markets in Japan.

Financial Year Performance: Performance was influenced by cyclical movements through 2024-2025. Capital and regional areas predominantly saw growth with very few markets reporting negative performance this financial year to last. 

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U.S. Topline

The top-line U.S. RevPAR forecast has been downgraded 80-basis points to +1.0%. The downgrade is driven by a combination of calendar shifts, weakening macroeconomic indicators, and uncertainty caused by erratic tariff implementation and large-scale federal job losses as well as increasingly soft international inbound travel.

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Europe short-term outlook: 

Aggregated growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for STR’s 31 European forecast markets is projected at 1.7% for 2025, a downgrade from the 2.4% increase projected in February 2025. 

Welcome to Amsterdam’s 2025 rendition of the Independent Hotel Show.

Market Forecasts, produced by STR and Tourism Economics, provide you with the insights needed to anticipate future performance. 

Europe short-term outlook: 

Aggregated growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for STR’s 31 European forecast markets is projected at 2.4% for 2025, a modest improvement from 2.0% in November 2024. Despite the top-line change, expectations for most markets are functionally unchanged from last quarter. The RevPAR upgrade comes from changes in a few key markets. 

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U.S. 

The top-line U.S. RevPAR forecast is unchanged from our previous revision, with 1.8% growth forecasted for 2025. While top-line growth remains the same, increases have been rebalanced across segments.  

Analysis by Chris Klauda and Claudia Alvarado Cruz

Note: Beginning with this January 2025 version, monthly “bubble chart” updates will reflect a more granular, regional focus on performance. Each month will focus on a different world region with more analysis as opposed to the global view from previous years.

Market Forecasts, produced by STR and Tourism Economics, provide you with the insights needed to anticipate future performance.