Occupancy up, daily average & room income drop across region’s hotels

according to Compared to the same 30 days in 2017, hotels throughout the Middle East saw occupancy promote marginally by 1.9 per cent to 69.1 per cent. The average daily average (ADR) declined, however, by 3.4 per cent, to $170.28 (Dh625.43). And the income per obtainable room (RevPAR), a key metric used to measure the health of a hotel, declined by 1.6 per cent to $117.75. Saudi Arabia suffered a fall in ADR year-on-year, by the daily average of the country's hotels dropping by 5.2 per cent to SAR566.34. As STR announced final week, Saudi Arabia's hotel Growth pipeline represents 76 per cent of the existing room supply in the country.

Edinburgh hotels profit as room average hits £100 a night

Hotels in the Scottish capital had the top occupancy average of any in the Britain final year ALAMYA boom in tourism has allowed hotels in Edinburgh to charge an average of further than £100 a room for the premier time, according to Fresh research. The Scottish capital has benefitted from overseas visitors taking advantage of the depreciation in the pound ever ever the Brexit vote, according to a description by GVA, the commercial property agent. The 4 mn tourists to the city are estimated to be worth about £1.4 bn to the native economy each year. A description found which hotel occupancy in Edinburgh was further than 83 per cent final year, the top of any of the Britain cities it measured. It was closely followed by Glasgow on 82.1 per cent by London in 3rd place on 82 per cent.

The hotel room of the future: Here's what hotels are doing to adapt to travelers

referring to At Holiday Inn, the premier thing hotel guests could do upon entering a room is recharge their phones. "A dead phone battery is the difference among a perfect day or bad," tells Jonathan Meister, vice president of design & planning for Hyatt Place & Hyatt House. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)'s Fresh avid hotels brand going to have rooms by acoustic insulation among them & a mechanism to save hallway doors from slamming. Climate controlThermostats perhaps be a Extremely small portion of a hotel room, however a lot of large thinking is going into them. Nancy Trejos, USA TODAYMattress makeoversWhen it comes to hotel room mattresses, designers are considering much further than the method soft or firm they are.

Middle East hotels report higher January occupancy rates, however reduce income per room

Average occupancy averages at Middle East hotels were up 1.9 % year-on-year to 69.1 % final month, however failed to boost Rate daily averages (ADR) & Stray 3.4 % instead to $170.28. Revenue per obtainable room (RevPAR) was drop 1.6 % to $117.75. RevPAR, a bellwether for the sector's business performance, is derived by multiplying a hotel's ADR by its occupancy rate. Nigerian hotels too announced improvements in occupancy averages despite safety worries in the country, by request for rooms up 8.6 % to 41.4 percent. Average daily room averages however fell 11.2 % to 136.09 Nigerian naira, When RevPAR was 3.6 % reduce to 56.38 Nigerian naira.

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