The state of the global hotel industry

August 12, 2010 |

Last week the Hogg Robinson Group unveiled its hotel survey for the first six months of 2010. Charles Davis, managing economist at Centre for Economics and Business Research analyses the results for Travelmole.

"The survey showed that room rates have started to increase since the global economy emerged from recession in 2009. Average room rates across the 12 key global focus cities surveyed grew by around 5% over the second quarter of 2010.

The global economy shows signs of a multi-speed recovery with emerging economies such as India and China experiencing higher levels of economic growth than the western economies of the US, Europe and the United Kingdom.

The difference in the pace of economic growth is reflected in the contrasting rates of room rate growth observed in world regions. Over the period from January to June, Asia posted a 3.1% year-on-year growth in rates compared to flat growth in the US and a 2.7% decrease in Europe.

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