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Aggregate winter occupancy (November through April) is currently down moderately at Inntopia-DestiMetrics western mountain resort partners, driven by declines in occupancy for arrival in January thro... Read the Full Article→
With the peak months of summer moving to the background, the attention of many turns more squarely towards winter. Shifts in school breaks are guaranteed to impact both pre- and post- Holiday periods,... Read the Full Article→
It's not always obvious: ADR at Inntopia/DestiMetrics Western mountain destinations strengthened slightly between May 31 and June 30, from a 0.9% gain to a 1.3% year-over-year gain (far right), and al... Read the Full Article→
The Summer Season Setup as of Apr 30, 2023: average daily rates (“ADR”) are up 2.8% year-over-year (YOY), room nights booked (“RNB”) are down -12.5% YOY, and revenue is down -10.1% YOY. Wha... Read the Full Article→
Occupancy, which is almost flat for the winter season, turns sharply negative beginning in May and continues down through September, with Summer currently -13.4% below this same time last year. Meanw... Read the Full Article→
Bookings made so far this season for arrival on Friday and Saturday nights are down from where they were in 2019/20, continuing a trend towards midweek that began at the outset of the pandemic. The p... Read the Full Article→
"Travel Inflation" in mountain communities, characterized by extreme year-over-year rate gains, began to soften in 2022. At the same time, booking volume and pace waned and nights booked has been dow... Read the Full Article→
It’s long been understood that most households with school age children plan their vacations around two criteria: Where their children want to go. When their children are available to go. Fro... Read the Full Article→
After gaining an average of 1.49 nights in 2021 compared to 2019, length of stay (LOS) of bookings has dropped sharply over the course of 2022, regardless of arrival date or day of the week. Bookings... Read the Full Article→
Foreign consumers are finding it increasingly expensive to contemplate travel to the USA. This is true for – almost literally – everyone that doesn’t live here. At the same time, a trip abroad... Read the Full Article→
A few weeks ago our resident expert in all things travel data, Tom Foley, came to me with an idea. What if we distill down everything that's happening in destination travel into a simple, to-the-point... Read the Full Article→
What's Happening? A pre-Christmas deficit in occupancy is quickly taking shape, while a post New Years boom is also materializing. While we anticipated both, they may not be getting the attention th... Read the Full Article→
