2025 was a year of steady progress for India’s hotel sector, marked by strong domestic demand and the ability to absorb disruption without losing momentum. Here’s a closer look at what shaped the year.
For hotel and resort developers, owners, and operators, the mandate is clear: sustainability is no longer a differentiator but, instead, a central pillar of long-term competitiveness and asset protection. This article examines the strategic, operational, and design considerations that define successful sustainable development in the Caribbean.
This is a monthly industry update that highlights the key trends in the Indian hospitality industry.
In this article, we provide the market opinions of key HVS global leaders in many different regions of the world. HVS operates across the world, and regional leaders are keenly aware of the dynamics and trends that are influencing performance, profitability, and value.
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Recent HVS data show gross operating profit margins declining broadly, driven by increases in labor, operating standards, and shared-service allocations. With ADR growth anticipated to flatten, revenue can no longer absorb rising costs. As hotels convert less revenue into profit, owners must rely on active asset management, benchmarking, and operational realignment to protect NOI in 2026.
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The HVS U.S. Franchise Fee Guide is a study authored by industry experts and based on extensive research and analysis of the hotel franchising industry. Selecting an appropriate franchise affiliation for a property should include extensive research and investigation by an investor.
Our findings encompass a total of 93 hotel brands, as franchisors for 20 economy,13 midscale, 19 upper-midscale, 21 upscale, and 20 first-class brands participated in this annual analysis. The study highlights the importance of partnering with the right franchise company and is an essential resource for anyone interested in investing in the hotel industry or looking to expand their existing portfolio.
Hotels are complicated investments. The information presented in this guide was developed to provide insight into franchise-fee structures and should not be relied upon by an investor for any purpose other than as a preliminary resource. The study results are not necessarily indicative of the impact a brand may have on an individual hotel’s overall profitability because the benefits of the franchise affiliations have not been analyzed, only the costs. Furthermore, the study does not reflect or address the operating results of any one brand or any particular brand affiliation upon any single hotel property.
Our U.S. Franchise Fee Guide is meant to illustrate a basic comparison among franchise fees charged by participants. HVS has extensive experience with assisting clients in selecting the appropriate franchise affiliation for their proposed or existing hotels. Our services also include assisting with or managing the negotiations in coordination with experienced attorneys and other industry professionals. For more information on this publication or brand selection in general, please contact Kannan Sankaran at [email protected] or +1 (703) 508-1749.
Greater Houston’s lodging market is stabilizing, with distinct performance differences across submarkets. While 2024 posted strong results lifted by major events and weather-related displacement, inflation-adjusted levels show that real-dollar gains over 2019 are more modest. As 2025 has unfolded, differences between the city and outlying submarkets have become clearer as the market returns to more typical operating patterns.
Named the number-one “City on the Rise” in 2025 by LinkedIn, Grand Rapids is supported by major healthcare, grocery, and manufacturing employers. Several major developments are set to reshape the city’s landscape and strengthen hotel demand in the years ahead, including a new riverfront amphitheater, a professional soccer stadium, and an airport expansion.
This article examines Israel's tourism and hospitality industry, hotel investment and transactions market and the likely speed of recovery following the end of the war. It also discusses to what extent Israel's operational resilience, strategic flexibility and the untapped potential of the Abraham Accords will allow its tourism industry to recover.
We have written thousands of articles about all aspects of hospitality, including hotel valuations, investing, lending, operations, asset management, and much more.
A record-breaking decade of growth in the hospitality space in Southern California has now been brought to a halt by COVID-19. This article explores the impact of the pandemic on Los Angeles and other major Southern California hotel markets.
Based on patterns of recovery following the two most recent recessions, HVS projected the lodging tax revenues of 25 US urban markets. Compared to a baseline scenario without the pandemic, HVS estimates combined lodging tax losses across these markets could range from $4.4 to $6.1 billion. Losses of this magnitude will force stakeholders to consider steps such as debt refinancing or seeking alternative revenue streams until the hospitality industry recovers from this pandemic.
As a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the HVS Team has received many questions about when U.S. hotel transaction volume will return to reasonable, pre-pandemic levels. While we do not have a definite answer, as this circumstances are evolving daily, we have tried to use past events to provide some insight on the factors that would affect a possible rebound.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the related restrictions on travel, business activity, and individual movement are having an unprecedented impact on our industry and economy. Hotel owners, operators, lenders, and investors are all facing greater challenges than ever anticipated, as they grapple with plummeting occupancy, average rate (ADR), and RevPAR and seek solutions to mitigate the impact on EBITDA.
Hotel demand held steady in 2019 however new inventory caused national occupancy to decline by 1 point to 65%. Average rate growth mitigated the impact leading to a virtually flat RevPAR year.
Hotel development in Detroit continues full steam ahead, even as multiple large-scale residential developments are scaled back due to rising construction costs. Is Downtown Detroit prepared for the next round of hotel development within the Motor City?
Albeit often not the winter weather, the lower cost of living, numerous leisure and recreational attractions, and the presence of Fortune 500 companies drives the appeal of the Twin Cities. While 2018 was a record year for the metro hospitality market, 2019 was less profitable for many of the roughly 370 hotels in the hub of the nation’s friendliest state.
In 2018, Amazon announced the locations for its coveted HQ2. Along with this announcement, the company also disclosed a new Center for Operational Excellence to be built in Downtown Nashville, bringing with it 5,000 new high-paying jobs. But how will this impact the local lodging industry, especially amid a massive number of new hotels flooding the market?
Orlando has long been distinguished as an iconic vacation destination by continuing its ranking as the No. 1 destination in the United States, according to Visit Florida. Since 2013, Orlando has reigned as the nation’s “Most Visited Tourist Destination.” With multiple factors driving Orlando’s appeal, hotel investors and developers are curious as to what is on the horizon for the hospitality market in Central Florida.
With the Coronavirus scare gaining momentum, this article revisits the 2003 SARS pandemic, seeking insight into the potential impact on individual markets and travel as a whole.
Robust demand in urban centers continues to drive Canadian hotel values despite high interest rate environment.
