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The New Zealand hotel sector delivered a strong summer performance over December 2025 and January 2026, with both demand and pricing improving across most major markets.

Horwath HTL’s India Hotel Market Review 2025 provides a year-end analysis of India’s hotel market performance, combining CoStar performance data with Horwath HTL’s supply research and market insights. The report reviews national trends and key city performance, highlights the opportunities and challenges shaping hotel owners, investors, developers and operators, and outlines how India’s hotel sector continues to grow despite global and domestic disruptions.

New Zealand’s hotel sector delivered one of its strongest months in several years in November 2025.

Performance of New Zealand’s major hotels strengthened again in October, with broad-based demand growth across segments.

The New Zealand hotel market recorded another positive month, with nationwide growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR) of 10.7% year on year.

The September 2025 HTL Market Update provides a comprehensive analysis of Ireland’s hospitality sector performance during the summer season, along with investment trends, tourism statistics, and notable industry developments.

The past year has highlighted both the challenges and the resilience of the DACH hospitality sector. Germany and Austria have had to contend with sluggish growth, high energy costs, and persistent inflation, while broader geopolitical uncertainty – from international trade tensions to the ongoing war in Ukraine – continues to weigh on sentiment. Switzerland, by contrast, has remained comparatively stable, supported by strong domestic demand and its position as a high-value global destination. These differing dynamics illustrate the complexity of the region but also underline its importance as one of Europe’s most resilient markets.

Positive news for hotel owners and operators: In August, RevPAR showed a welcome increase, along with the first year-on-year monthly rise in occupancy for 2025.

The data as published in the report is based on the economic forecast by Deloitte Access Economics for the June 2025 quarter, historical hotel performance from STR as of June 2025, as well as historical tourism data available as of March 2025, including forecasted domestic and international visitation from Tourism Research Australia (TRA) as at December 2024, which has been adjusted by Horwath HTL.

While some hotel markets celebrated their best July in years, others faced a significant drop in demand. Find out which factors separated the leaders from the laggards in our latest hotel performance review.

Uncover the current landscape of New Zealand’s hotel sector with our latest report, covering the month of June and the first six months of 2025. From international visitor arrival and occupancy trends to RevPAR changes, find out which regions are thriving and which are struggling in today’s market.

The hospitality industry contributes to 3% of global carbon emissions, with hotel operations responsible for 1% and construction of new hotels accounting for the remaining 2% (UNTWO,2022). Additionally, the industry generates approximately 289,700 tons of waste annually, which include around 79,000 tons of food waste (Tostivint et al., 2016). As concerns over environmental impact and corporate responsibility grow, hotels globally are adopting multiple “green” initiatives aimed at reducing their carbon footprint, conserving resources, and improve community engagement.

Discover how Queenstown, Rotorua, and the luxury hotel segment are defying national trends and delivering standout results in an otherwise challenging May for New Zealand’s hotel sector.

The Fiji tourism market quickly returned to a position of strength following the opening of borders in late 2021. The key source market of Australia was quick to return, followed by North American and New Zealand markets. This drove improving occupancy and record ADR levels in 2023 and 2024. The future challenge for the Fiji market will be in ensuring growth in tourist accommodation supply and seeing a greater diversification of source markets to improve year-round performance and reduce seasonal travel fluctuations.