Horwath HTL - 2019 USA Hotel Market - Trends & Analysis Report

The U.S. hotel industry was already set for a non-growth year. Real GDP growth, almost always a reliable indicator of hotel performance, had decelerated in 2019 for the first time in a decade due to weak capital spending, increased tariffs and slowing global growth. Similarly, 2019 RevPAR growth had decelerated from its 10-year average of 3.2% to 0.9%.

Horwath HTL - 2019 USA Hotel Market - Trends & Analysis Report | By Michael Cummings

Horwath HTL - 2019 USA Hotel Market - Trends & Analysis Report | By Michael Cummings

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The COVID-19 pandemic, an external shock that has upended the trajectory of the U.S. and global economy, has forced economists and industry prognosticators to revise their forecasts to account for its impact and to project the timing and nature of the recovery.

Some key findings of the report include:

Though growth rates decelerated, the hotel industry set "highest ever" records in 2019 across 4 of 5 key performance metrics (occupancy remained flat):

  • $131.21 ADR
  • $86.76 RevPAR
  • 1.9 billion room nights available
  • 1.3 billion room nights sold

Pandemic-influenced 2020 year-end hotel industry estimates are as follows:

  • 37.9% Occupancy (-42.6%)
  • $112.91 ADR (-13.9%)
  • $42.84 RevPAR (-50.6%)

Post-pandemic 2021 forecasts for hotel industry recovery are as follows:

  • 59.7% Occupancy (+57.3)
  • $117.05 ADR (+3.7%)
  • $69.86 RevPAR (±63%)

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Michael Cummings, MAI ISHC, is a Managing Director in the USA with offices in Norfolk, New York, Orlando, Miami, Denver and Mexico. He brings over 20 years of professional consulting experience to Horwath HTL.

Richard Keegan is a Certified General Appraiser and Senior Associate in the USA, based in Orlando. He brings over 35 years of hotel management, development, consulting and appraisal experience to Horwath HTL. Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree from the University of Wisconsin.

At Horwath HTL, our focus is one hundred percent on hotel, tourism and leisure consulting. Our services cover every aspect of hotel real estate, tourism and leisure development. Our clients choose us because we have earned a reputation for impartial advice that will often mean the difference between failure and success. Each project we help is different, so we need all of the experience we have gained over our 100-year history.

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