Surging inbound tourism will help boost Australia's hotel occupancy levels this year and next while spurring room rate growth in most markets, particularly Sydney and Brisbane, according to new CBRE forecasts.
January's total revenue growth of 3.0% failed to offset the 220-basis point contraction in margins, causing a 5.7% decrease in GOP dollars as labor costs from rising wages continued to pressure operating profit.
Over the past four years, utility costs at U.S. hotels have increased at a pace greater than total operating revenue. As a result, utility department expenses increased from 2.9 percent of total revenue in 2019 to an estimated 3.3 percent in 2023. As hotels have
Hotel demand fell 2.0% in January, while short-term rental demand rose 1.3%. Despite taking share from hotels, increasing supply has created occupancy headwinds for short term rentals causing RevPAR to contract 6.6%.
For most U.S. hotel owners and operators, one of the major challenges in 2023 has been the need to control expenses amidst slowing revenue growth. Through September of 2023, the properties in CBRE's monthly survey of hotel operating statements have seen their total operating revenues increase by 7.4% year-over-year, while total operating expenses grew by 10.0% during the same period. The net result was a decline in Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) of 0.2%.
Hotel demand fell 1.6% in December, while short-term rental demand rose 4.3%. Short-term rentals now represent roughly 18.6% of industry-wide market share, up from 15.2% prior to the pandemic.
CBRE Issues 2024 U.S. Investor Intentions Survey
While core inflation fell in Q4, jobless claims from a week ago were higher than expected. This illustrates the balance of risks that the Fed must consider going forward. As such, we anticipate the Fed will cut the federal funds rate by May.
CBRE U.S. Hotels State of the Union January 2024 Edition
To assess the impact of hotel spa departments on recent hotel operations, we analyzed the performance of 139 U.S. hotels that operate a spa and participated in CBREs Trends survey each year from 2018 through 2022. In 2022, these 139 hotels averaged 63.5% occupancy, along with a $426.78 average daily rate (ADR).