Source: https://str.com/data-insights-blog/covid-19-impact-forward-hotel-bookings-key-european-markets
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for global hospitality, with travel restrictions and lockdown measures forcing hotel closures and performance declines that exceed the levels witnessed during the global financial crisis and other challenging times for the industry. An area of the industry where the impact continues to evolve is business on the books, or reservations booked for future dates.
To provide a forward-looking view of the COVID-19 impact on hotel performance, STR utilized data from Forward STAR to analyze business on the books for key European hotel markets
Forward STAR data is processed on a weekly basis for the next 90 days as well as once a month for the next 360 days. As of 15 June, most European capitals were not showing forward occupancy above 20% for the next 90 days.
A few exceptions
In Edinburgh, forward occupancy is 31% for 11-12 September 2020.
Dublin is another market bucking the trend on 11-12 September 2020, which can be attributed to the fact that major events have not yet been cancelled. For instance, Dublin Fringe Festival (5-20 September 2020) remains on the calendar.
“Green shoots” in short lead-time business on the books
Although the summer months are still under the pressure of cancellations, we see pickup in short lead-time bookings. In Edinburgh, Dublin and London, we see 0% pickup for the “Next 19 days” as of 15 June. However, Zurich saw a 3% average pickup for the same period reaching a 6% pickup on 15-17 June. Amsterdam, Brussels, Barcelona and Madrid reported a 1% average pickup for the same period.
To learn more about the data behind this article and what STR has to offer, visit https://str.com/.
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