Middle East hotels outpace global markets in TrevPAR, The Top 100 Hotel Restaurants in America and more...

Middle East hotels outpace global markets in TrevPAR
Thursday, 24th July 2025

The global hospitality scene is buzzing, but one region is truly leading the charge: the Middle East and recent data shows a remarkable surge in Total Revenue Per Available Room (TrevPAR), significantly outpacing other major markets.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are heavily investing in tourism as part of their economic diversification plans, building massive new projects and luxury destinations. This focus on high-end experiences naturally boosts non-room revenue >>

The Top 100 Hotel Restaurants in America
24 Jul 2025 : Hotel restaurants are no longer just convenient pit stops for weary travelers—they've become destinations in their own right >>

IATA comments on misguided solidarity levy proposal
24 Jul 2025 : The International Air Transport Association expressed its deep disappointment at the recommendation of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force to target air transportation in its aim to 'improve domestic revenue mobilization of developing countries >>

Mix of events drove Paris room rates to all-time high
24 Jul 2025 : 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 >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

Lifestyle hotels in Asia Pacific
Thursday, 24th July 2025

In Asia Pacific, the lifestyle hotel trend gained momentum in 2008, marking a pivotal year with more new lifestyle brands entering the market than in the previous twenty years combined.

In 2008 alone, brands like W Hotels and Aloft inaugurated their first properties in the region, establishing the foundation for what has evolved into a major hospitality industry movement >>

How Aspirational Overreach Killed the Goose That Laid Luxury’s Golden Egg
Democratizing luxury by making it more accessible to so-called 'aspirational consumers' has been the ticket to maximize growth in the luxury market since the global recession of 2008-2009 >>

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