All eyes have been on summer events, and perhaps one of the biggest reunion tours kicked off on 4 July, with Oasis returning to the stage in Cardiff, performing for over 70,000 fans.
Limehome, Europe’s leading tech-enabled operator of functional design apartments, continues its rapid growth trajectory in the first half of 2025. From January to June alone, the company secured over 2,200 additional units. This more than doubles the 1,000 units from the same period in 2024. Nine new cities were added to the Limehome portfolio and ten new properties opened for guests, underscoring Limehome’s role as a preferred partner for owners and developers in challenging market conditions.
The global hospitality scene is buzzing, but one region is truly leading the charge: the Middle East. Recent data shows a remarkable surge in Total Revenue Per Available Room (TrevPAR), significantly outpacing other major markets.
Scandic Hotels Group AB (publ) (“Scandic”) has entered into a framework agreement with a consortium consisting of Pandox AB and Eiendomsspar AS (the “Consortium”) with the intention to acquire the hotel operations of Dalata Hotel Group Plc (“Dalata”) from the Consortium (the “Transaction”). Proceeding with the Transaction is conditional upon completion of the Consortium’s takeover of Dalata, which was announced today, a separation of Dalata’s real estate and operating businesses and necessary regulatory approvals. Upon completion of the Transaction, Scandic will add 56 new hotels to its portfolio with around 12,000 additional rooms and a further pipeline of approximately 1,900, mainly across Ireland and the UK. For the financial year ended 31 December 2024, Dalata reported revenue of EUR 652.2 million; operating profit of EUR 158.5 million; and basic earnings per share of EUR 35.5 cent.
As expected, based on historical trends and forward-looking data, a Friday Fourth of July (compared to Thursday last year) gave business travelers extra time to squeeze in trips early in the week. That created strong year-over-year (YoY) gains across the top-line metrics from Sunday through Tuesday, with RevPAR up 6.6% on both occupancy (+2.6ppts) and average daily rate (+1.8%).
UAE-headquartered Global Hotel Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, has reported continued growth in the first half of 2025, underpinned by a solid Q2 performance across all key indicators. With hotel revenues, room nights and demand for international travel all building on 2024 momentum, the H1 results set a positive trajectory for the remainder of the year.
Highlighted by the night of State of Origin Game II, Perth posted its highest June average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) on record, according to preliminary data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.
Multiple events combined to push Paris hotel average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) to all-time monthly highs, according to June preliminary data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.
Elevated performance during Eid al-Adha helped Abu Dhabi’s hotel industry to post its highest June occupancy and revenue per available room since 2009, according to preliminary data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.
The Fourth of July holiday has long served as a key indicator of leisure travel and lodging demand in the U.S. Amid ongoing macroeconomic pressures and weakening hotel performance metrics, this year’s holiday weekend faced heightened scrutiny. Fortunately, the holiday passed the test when it came to hotel demand.
Each of the largest countries in the Americas region posted revenue per available room (RevPAR) growth during the May 2025 year-to-date (YTD) period. Three South American countries (Brazil, Peru and Chile) ranked at the top, reporting RevPAR gains during each month of 2025 thus far. The metric’s performance was lifted by both average daily rate (ADR) and occupancy. Brazil has experienced strong leisure and corporate demand, while each of the aforementioned countries saw solid growth in their respective capital cities.
The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 5 July. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.
U.S. companies are missing out on more than $2.4 trillion in potential new sales revenue because they may be underinvesting in business travel, according to a new report exploring the return on investment (ROI) of corporate travel. Despite a strong post-pandemic rebound, the study found that real travel and entertainment (T&E) spending in the U.S. remains $66 billion below 2019 levels. The analysis shows that a modest 8.3% increase in T&E could yield a 6% increase in sales – even taking into consideration post-COVID investments in virtual meeting platforms. These are some of the key findings from the report, T&E and the Bottom-Line: Quantifying the Return on Investment of U.S. Business Travel, released today by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and made possible in partnership with the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA).
The top-line U.S. RevPAR forecast has been downgraded 80-basis points to +1.0%. The downgrade is driven by a combination of calendar shifts, weakening macroeconomic indicators, and uncertainty caused by erratic tariff implementation and large-scale federal job losses as well as increasingly soft international inbound travel.
Companies in the United Kingdom could unlock over £319 billion in additional sales by increasing their strategic investment in business travel. Despite a steady recovery since the pandemic, current travel and expense (T&E) spending still falls short of the level needed to maximise revenue and profitability – even when considering COVID-era investments in virtual meeting platforms. The research finds that a 9.7% increase in T&E spending could yield an 8.1% rise in sales for UK-based companies.
Aggregated growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) for STR’s 31 European forecast markets is projected at 1.7% for 2025, a downgrade from the 2.4% increase projected in February 2025.
After 1Q25’s forecast release, CBRE cut its 2025 GDP outlook to 1.3% from 1.9%.In June, CBRE reduced its 2025 and 2026 GDP growth estimate to 1.3% and 2.0%, respectively, below the long-run average of 2.1%. Inflation is now expected to increase in 2026 to 3.6% up from 2.7% previously, which could put sustained pressure on profits and margins.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has released the first edition of Tourism in Focus, a new series of monthly publications designed to capture key tourism trends and developments across the Asia Pacific region and present such crucial information in a concise, accessible format.
New data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reveals Portugal’s Travel & Tourism sector is set to continue growing in 2025, following a landmark year in 2024 that saw the industry surpass all previous peaks across economic contribution, employment, and visitor spending.
Europe’s tourism sector maintained a solid performance in Q2 2025, highlighting its resilience amid ongoing economic pressures and geopolitical uncertainty. According to the European Travel Commission’s latest report, “European Tourism: Trends & Prospects”, international tourist arrivals rose moderately by 3.3% compared to the same period in 2024. Meanwhile, nights spent fell slightly by 0.7% — a decline likely driven by calendar effects, including the shift of Easter to late April and changes to school holiday schedules, rather than a drop in demand.
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