The Eurovision Song Contest is pushing Basel hotel booking levels as high as 97%. 

Basel’s St. Jakobshalle hosts this year’s Eurovision between 13-17 May. As of 28 April, the market shows its highest occupancy on the books (97.3%) for the final night of the contest. Occupancy on the books for the night before is 92.6%, while the other three nights are in the mid-80% range.  

“The Swiss city was announced as host of Eurovision in August of last year, which has allowed for demand to drive occupancy to compression levels,” said Alex Robinson, regional director at STR. “The level of compression is also a reflection of the lower number of hotel rooms available in the market, with past hosts in the region, Vienna (2015) and Dusseldorf (2011), being much larger.”

Mix of events boosted Amsterdam hotel performance in April

Several events, including multiple concerts by Usher, lifted Amsterdam hotel performance in April, according to preliminary data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets. 

April 2025 (year-over-year % change):

• Occupancy: 85.0% (+4.8%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): EUR210.87 (+2.0%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): EUR179.32 (+6.9%)

Amsterdam posted its highest ADR (EUR266.36) and RevPAR (EUR249.29) for the month on Saturday, 19 April as the third night of the International Amsterdam Motor Show (IAMS) overlapped with DGTL Amsterdam. Occupancy that night came in at 93.6%, which matched Tuesday, 8 April for the highest in the market since September 2024. 

Occupancy on the 8th was lifted by the first day of ReMaTec as well as Amsterdam Drone Week.

Five Usher concerts pushed occupancy above 80% on five separate nights, while ADR and RevPAR for the tour nights reached highs of EUR258.96 and EUR226.66, respectively, on Wednesday, 26 April. 

Munich hotel room rates spiked during Bauma

The Construction Machinery and Mining trade fair (Bauma) pushed Munich’s hotel industry to its highest April average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) on record, according to preliminary data from CoStar. CoStar is a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics in the property markets.

April 2025 (year-over-year % change):

• Occupancy: 71.0% (+7.8%)
• ADR: EUR190.71 (+59.3%)
• RevPAR: EUR135.41 (+71.7%)

Additionally, occupancy in the market was its highest for April since 2016.

The triennial Bauma trade fair took place at Messe München between 7-13 April and drove monthly highs in each of the three key performance metrics on Tuesday, 8 April: occupancy (97.2%), ADR (EUR453.21) and RevPAR (EUR440.61).

The ADR and RevPAR levels were the highest for any day on record in Munich, while occupancy was the highest in the market since May 2019.

Munich’s occupancy remained above the 60% mark in all but six days during the month.

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