The latest edition of the Duetto Pulse Report, which tracks data from September 7-20, shows some considerable increases in web traffic across most markets, as interest in travel begins to rise significantly.
The latest edition of Duetto's Pulse Report, which tracks key hotel business metrics from August 24 - September 6, shows significant increases in performance for the hotel markets of North America, boosted by the Labor Day holiday weekend. This is the first true boost to hotel performance since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and is a breath of fresh air for what have been highly restricted markets, which will continue to wax and wane in the months ahead.
Since the launch of The Hotelier PULSE Report series in April 2020, Guestcentric has surveyed hundreds of Hoteliers on key issues that remain top-of-mind since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, such as occupancy, ADR, financial recovery, Health & Safety, and redefining Sales & Marketing strategies for the future.
A new study by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, reveals an increased preference for spontaneity among Italy's local travellers, a segment currently crucial to the country's accommodation industry as international travel continues to rebuild. SiteMinder's Changing Traveller Report, which combines the survey responses of nearly 600 Italian residents, shows a staggering 68 percent will book their accommodation less than a month before their holiday commences.
New research by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, reveals a growing enthusiasm for domestic travel among Mexicans and a heightened awareness of personal health. SiteMinder's Changing Traveler Report, based on the survey responses of nearly 570 locals in Mexico, has found that at least three-in-five are currently planning their next local holiday and, when it comes to choosing their accommodation provider, well-promoted health and safety practices are the top deciding factor for 63 percent of the surveyed population.
We have consistently seen a steady preference towards mobile across our previous device trends reports, so it's no surprise to anyone (here, there, everywhere!) that mobile is indeed, once again, coming out on top.
With all that's been happening, it's so encouraging and hopeful to see a gradual uplift in bookings.
The latest edition of our Pulse Report, which went live today, is showing us universally positive signs, with week on week increases in pick up for all four geographic regions we are tracking: North America, Latin America, EMEA and APAC.
Data by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, reveals that minimal planning will go into the trips of the post-COVID hotel guest. The data stems from new indicators within the World Hotel Index, which show that hotel bookings globally have surpassed a third of 2019 levels - for stays as soon as this month.
Data by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, today reveals a growing demand for travel within Europe has pushed total hotel bookings worldwide past a quarter of 2019 levels. The SiteMinder World Hotel Index shows the volume of hotel bookings globally has now reached 29.62% YoY.
Data by SiteMinder, the global hotel industry's leading guest acquisition platform, today reveals that global hotel bookings in May were more than double April's YoY volume. The SiteMinder World Hotel Index shows bookings rose 137% over the four weeks from 29 April to 27 May, from 10.70% to 25.33% of 2019 levels.
RateGain, a leading SaaS company for travel and hospitality, today announced the release of the second edition of the report on assessing the global impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry in collaboration with IDeaS and HSMAI Europe. The report tracks week-wise room reservations & cancellation trends from over 20+ countries across the globe, giving a comprehensive view of the current state of the industry and strategies that hospitality professionals can leverage to cope with the crisis.
Mark Woodworth has established a consulting and advisory practice, R. M. Woodworth & Associates, to assist a broad array of capital market participants in optimizing opportunities in the lodging industry. Mark's work will be supported by data and insights from Kalibri Labs, a hospitality big data and analytics firm that has built a digital platform to evaluate and predict revenue performance.
As we learn to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic together, we at Duetto want to share with our customers, partners, and industry colleagues data that could prove to be helpful when quantifying changes in your region's demand.
We have been monitoring markets affected by COVID-19 since the early days of the outbreak, and we've focused on a few key indicators to help you understand when your market is headed for recovery. We will be introducing and analyzing these indicators over the next few weeks.
To assist the international markets build prediction models on the economic recovery post COVID-19 confinements, lockdowns and crisis we are publishing frequent updates from all the industries of Shiji's Chinese operations. We hope this can help management, strategy, marketing and operations teams of the various industries to develop their own plans for recovery and give some points of reference in this unique situation.
TrustYou announces today the launch of its newest KPI for review monitoring, the Travel Health Index (THI). Based on data gathered from the world's largest guest review database, TrustYou releases the exclusive report to compare hotel performance registered in 2019 with that of the current year. The hospitality industry is currently experiencing a drastic and unprecedented decline in hotel stays due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the widespread limitations on travel. The THI provides a representation of hotel occupancy rates, as review volume generally happens 2-5 days after check-out. This enables hoteliers and the wider hospitality industry to get a grasp on the current worldwide situation and the way in which the pandemic is impacting hotel businesses.
The World Health Organization has pronounced Europe as the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe is now reporting daily increases in confirmed coronavirus cases at a rate higher than China during its height in February. Countries are now rapidly shutting their borders, allowing only essential travel for commuters and the shipment of goods. In addition to border closures, countries such as Italy, Spain, and France have ordered all non-essential businesses to close. In Italy, which has the highest number of confirmed cases in Europe, the government has instituted a nationwide lockdown.
Across the Shiji Group product lines we are sharing data on how the COVID-19 crisis is recovering for other markets to use in their analysis and planning. We have looked at the transaction volumes across all our payment integrations to help give some comparable information. A few key points:
Active COVID-19 cases in China peaked on 17 February. Since then the number of active cases has been reducing rapidly. To assist hotels around the world in forecasts during the crisis we are publishing information of how the Chinese market is rebounding reservations since the peak of the epidemic. We hope this can give some comparison of how the hotel market could pick up in other countries. Some Takeaways: