Over the years, the fees hotel owners pay to franchise companies have typically grown at a pace greater than the rise in hotel rooms revenue. Most fr
Based on our February 2023 Hotel Horizons® report, CBRE is forecasting that total hotel revenue for the average U.S. hotel returned to pre-COVID leve
According to CBRE’s February 2023 Investment Performance forecast, total revenues for the average U.S. hotel returned to 2019 levels in 2022, but the
Most management contracts include an incentive management fee in addition to the base management fee. The incentive fees are designed to make managem
Capital expenditure (Capex) deferments, impending property improvement plans (PIPs), higher interest rates, and budget constraints make the diligent
According to CBRE’s September 2022 Hotel Horizons® forecast for the overall U.S. lodging industry, rooms revenue per available room (RevPAR) will exc
CBRE Hotels Research specializes in translating national and local economic conditions into measures of hospitality market and property-level financi
Annual changes in U.S. hotel utility costs and in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), or inflation, have historically proven to be strongly correlated. A
In Part 1 of this series, I highlighted that hotel property investors transact to acquire both real estate and the operating businesses with their va
The recent price surge for many goods and services in the U.S. raises the prospect for an extended period of persistent high inflation. Conventional
In 2020, the average hotel in CBRE’s annual Trends® in the Hotel Industry survey experienced a 108 percent decline in earnings before interest, taxes
On December 31, 2021, the constant maturity, 10-year U.S. Treasury note (the 10-year) stood at 1.52 percent. The 10-year now hovers around 3.0 percen
According to the March 2022 edition of CBRE’s Hotel Horizons® national forecast report, the total revenue for a typical U.S. hotel is not expected to
Hunter Hotel Advisors sponsored their annual hotel investment conference March 22-24, 2022, at the Atlanta Marriott Marques, attended by 1,726 hotel
To analyze recent changes in hotel insurance costs, and the factors that influence those changes, we examined the operating statements of 3,156 U.S.
According to the 2021 edition of CBRE’s Trends® in the Hotel Industry report, total operating revenue for the average hotel in the sample declined by
Hotels Owners Interested in Interest To analyze the impact that declining EBITDA levels had on the ability of hotel owners to pay their interest expe
