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4 weeks ago | hvs.com | Chelsey Leffet

As the economic recovery continues following the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current market is making mergers and acquisitions (M&As) more and more attractive to hotel industry players. While a concentrated movement of merger and acquisition activity has been lacking thus far in the cycle, the large availability of private equity, low interest rates, the return of CMBS, and favorable liquidity in the debt market are enticing.

1 month ago | hvs.com | Rod Clough

ALIS kicked off the 2022 hospitality industry convention season this week with heightened optimism for the sector. Several factors are converging this year that are setting the stage for what may be a year of record-breaking transaction activity. Fundamentals Fall into Place to Drive Value IncreasesThe higher inflationary environment will continue to bode well for hotels, resulting in ADR pricing power leading to a lift in revenue on top of still lean operational models.

1 month ago | hvs.com | Rod Clough

Another exceptional Hunter Conference is in the rearview mirror, with much thanks to Lee Hunter and his team, as well as the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, for pulling off a terrific event. Never a dull moment in the hotel industry, which is why many of us never leave the sector, with attendees having such varied opinions on how this year may play out.

1 month ago | hvs.com | Brian Bisema

The "Four Horsemen"1 that foreshadowed the Great Depression — housing distress, a tanking stock market, collapsing commodities, and surging unemployment — have ridden back as harbingers of another impending economic apocalypse. On December 1, 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year2, and some economists claim the present economic conditions will prove the worst that most will experience in their lifetime.

2 months ago | hvs.com | Zabada N. Abouelhana |Jack Burke |Trey Osadchey

In the years that followed the COVID-19 pandemic, the market experienced a gradual recovery, with ADR rebounding faster than demand due to strong pricing strategies and resilient leisure travel. By 2023, rooms revenue surpassed pre-pandemic levels despite hotel room-night demand remaining below the 2019 figure. In 2024, demand and occupancy remained relatively flat, with weaker convention-related travel.