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Star Hotels snaps up Rydges Gold Coast Airport amid ongoing terminal upgrade

Hotel Management

Rydges Gold Coast Airport Hotel has been acquired and settled by Star Hotels, a division of Star Group, Queensland’s largest independently owned and operated pub and liquor retail group. The property will continue to operate as a Rydges hotel.

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Reducing Energy Consumption 

Lodging

Energy accounts for 6 percent of all operating costs; on average, U.S. For full-service hotels, reducing energy consumption by 10 percent is comparable to raising average daily rate by $1.35. Powering hotels can be expensive. But energy efficiency brings benefits beyond boosting the bottom line.

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Exclusive: hotel market expansion to peak in next 12 months, says CBRE

Hotel Management

Sustainability is increasingly a major concern for developers and operators due to rising utility costs of hotels, and the global investment market’s focus on ESG for all real estate asset classes. In addition, the new wave of supply is anticipated to play a role in driving rate performance over the next two years.

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NYU Conference: STR upgrades 2023 forecast, with ADR and RevPAR set to increase

Hotel Management

While top-line performance advances, growing operating expenses are projected to limit profit growth over the remainder of the year. from the previous forecast, but projections for average daily rate (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) were lifted 1.5% The occupancy projection for this year was lowered 0.2%

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Speakers revealed for inaugural AHICE Fiji Islands summit

Hotel Management

Brent Hill, Tourism Fiji Leading figures from major hotel operators will take to the stage including Accor Chief Operating Officer PME – Pacific, Adrian Williams, and Outrigger Hospitality Group, President and CEO, Jeff Wagoner, alongside key owners such as Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort and Spa Owner, Jay Singh.

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‘Tables have turned’: boutique hotels outperform big box internationals, CBRE reports

Hotel Management

CBRE’s market analysis found that boutique properties have outperformed ‘big box’ international hotels on occupancy levels, Average Daily Rate (ADR) and Revenue Per Available Room (RevPar) since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.

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Ascott broadens Lyf experience with eight new signings globally

Hotel Management

Lyf Schönbrunn Vienna “Ascott operates with a flex-hybrid model that gives opportunistic agility across our serviced residences, co-living properties and hotels,” Goh said. New locations Lyf is currently present in 21 cities globally, with over 5,500 units both operating and in the pipeline.