• US OCC Q1 2009 51.4% 10.9%
  • Asia/Pacific OCC Q1 2009 57.9% 15.0%
  • Americas OCC Q1 2009 51.9% 10.6%
  • Europe OCC Q1 2009 53.8% 8.9%
  • Middle East/Africa OCC Q1 2009 62.0% 11.8%
  • US ADR Q1 2009 US$100.13 7.7%
  • Asia/Pacific ADR Q1 2009 US$119.47 17.4%
  • Americas ADR Q1 2009 US$101.72 8.7%
  • Europe ADR Q1 2009 US$121.03 23.6%
  • Middle East/Africa ADR Q1 2009 US$165.36 0.7%
  • US RevPAR Q1 2009 US$51.44 15.1%
  • Asia/Pacific RevPAR Q1 2009 US$69.21 29.7%
  • Americas RevPAR Q1 2009 US$52.75 18.4%
  • Europe RevPAR Q1 2009 US$65.17 30.4%
  • Middle East/Africa RevPAR Q1 2009 US$102.48 12.4%
    
    
Know where you want to go

Hervé Houdré 
HotelNewsNow.com columnist
Creating a sustainable development road map is essential to any business that is serious about implementing such a strategy.
The biggest bank has failed, but there was no bailout

Joel Ross 
HotelNewsNow.com columnist
The impact of the securitization loss runs deep, and it’s going to take years to work out the ramifications of the failure.
TImes have changed

Ann Hambly 
HotelNewsNow.com columnist
A recap of the most common types of commercial real-estate loans made during the past 10 years.
 
HNN Data Bank
Top countries with hotels opening in 2009--Jan-May

1. China: 30 properties, 8,602 rooms

2. United Kingdom: 30 properties, 3,172 rooms

3. Canada: 18 properties, 2,409 rooms

4. Mexico: 17 properties, 2,415 rooms

5. India: 13 properties, 1,892 rooms

Source: STR



Joe Champ of Champ Hospitality talks about valuation and when lender patience will run dry.

Murray Dow of The Dow Hotel Company discusses breaking into the luxury segment during the downturn.

John Belden discusses why Davidson Hotel Company is not all things to all people.

Dave Johnson of Aimbridge Hospitality discusses development, downturns and distressed assets.
Blog: Seeing stars
Patrick Mayock
02 Jul 2009
Owner James Justice isn’t content with The Greenbrier—yet.
Distressed assets and sales figures show hotel industry angst
Stacey Mieyal Higgins
01 Jul 2009
New data provides detail about the near-stagnant real-estate market and an avalanche of distressed hotel assets.
Thinking about the eventual recovery and what it might look like
Mark V. Lomanno
26 Jun 2009
While we don't yet now how long it will take to recover rates, many in the industry are studying the past and trying to put strategies and policies in place to accelerate this process.
To the younger crowd, networking starts now
Stacey Mieyal Higgins
23 Jun 2009
AH&LA’s Under 30 Gateway membership category is just about a year old. Here’s looking back at what’s been accomplished so far and why Millennials should join.