Tag: Fitch Ratings
Slow Growth Challenges U.S. Hotel Margins
NEW YORK—Hotel RevPAR will turn negative in the second half of 2017 as weak corporate and decelerating group demand challenge asset owners looking to...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. Leisure Unsustainable
NEW YORK—Fitch Ratings expects mid-single digit U.S. leisure transient lodging demand growth to decelerate to the low single digits against the backdrop of heightened...
Fitch: As U.S. Hotels Peak, CMBS Wearily Watched
The days of strong RevPAR growth and occupancy rates are over for U.S. hotels, which could impair loan performance for CMBS as interest rates...
Tourism Spending Remains Bright Spot in Leisure
NEW YORK—U.S. leisure company growth will decelerate but remain positive for the balance of 2016, according to Fitch Ratings. Tourism spending remains a bright...
U.S. Hotels Gain Incremental Negotiating Strength Over OTAs
NEW YORK—The balance of power has shifted in favor of U.S. hospitality companies in their tenuous relationship with online travel agencies (OTAs), according to...