Trends

For the week ending 5 June 2021, U.S. industry occupancy increased ever so slightly to 61.9%, up +0.2 points from the previous week. Room demand increased for a fifth straight week but by its smallest amount of the past four weeks.

U.S. airlines carried 41.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in March 2021, seasonally-adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), up 29.6% from February.

70% of British workers agree travelling for work and conducting face-to-face meetings strengthens business relationships – Almost half of prospective business travellers would use work-funded travel to escape their household – Expensing fancy hotels top of the wishlist for 37% of respondents, as business travel returns

Among the Top 25 Markets, Miami saw the largest increases over 2019 across each of the three key performance metrics: occupancy (+9.0% to 77.1%), ADR (+69.1% to US$257.24) and RevPAR (+84.2% to US$198.30).

COVID-19 sparks a dramatic 37% fall in the sector’s contribution to GDP – More than 290,000 jobs lost, while many more remain protected by the expansion of the employment scheme – However, the return of international travel this year could see GDP contribution rise sharply and jobs return

Sensibill analyzes everyday consumer spending trends related to travel during the pandemic

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News of easing pandemic restrictions boosts travellers’ hopes for summer 2021; however, overseas trips are not yet the preferred option for many

Summer 2021 – A Caribbean Vacation or a Staycation

During the earliest days of COVID – 19, hotel average daily rate (ADR) in South America was as low as 47.8% below pre – pandemic levels. One year later, rates in the region have improved slightly – April’s 15.7% increase was the first year – over – year positive in the metric since the middle of 2019 – but still remain far from recovery.