HVS Middle East Hotel Survey 2009

This year’s edition takes a closer look at the performance of the key Middle Eastern cities in 2008, analyse the outcome and note the opportunities and threats that lie ahead in the near future. This report has been published by the Dubai office of HVS. By Hala Matar Choufany. HVS Middle East Hotel Survey for 2009 encompasses 140 hotels (a total of 39,500 rooms). Our sample includes branded four-star and five-star hotels but excludes super-luxury hotels, as they could skew the results of this survey. We have chosen to include in our annual survey only those hotels with an operating history of more than three years; this is to avoid the distortion due to the initial years of a hotel operation.