Bahia rebrands portfolio: Spain-based Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts is reorganizing. Its 24 properties will be segmented into four categories: Luxury Bahia Principe (luxury), Grand Bahia Principe (5-star); Sunlight Bahia Principe (Spain-based properties); and Fantasia Bahia Principe (family-friendly), including a property in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and the Fantasia Bahia Principe Tenerife, which will debut in November 2018 in Spain.
25hours in Dubai: AccorHotels and Dubai World Trade Centre LLC (DWTC) will debut in the Middle East in 2020, with 25hours Dubai Hotel. The 434-room property in the One Central development will be the brand’s largest hotel.
Read more in Hotelier Middle East
Tainted alcohol inquiry: The U.S. Office of Inspector General is investigating how the U.S. State Department has been handling injuries and deaths associated with possibly tainted alcohol at Mexican resorts.
London ADR up, Dubai occupancy down: According to STR preliminary data for November, here’s how four cities around the world fared in year-over-year comparisons. London: supply: +3.3%; demand: +0.3%; occupancy: -2.8% to 83.7%; ADR: +1.0% to GBP153.96; RevPAR): -1.8% to GBP128.87. Berlin: supply: +1.8%; demand: -1.9%; occupancy: -3.6% to 77.9%; ADR: +1.3% to EUR94.60; RevPAR: -2.3% to EUR73.73. Dubai: supply: +5.6%; demand: +2.7%; occupancy: -2.7% to 87.0%; ADR: -1.1% to AED754.11; RevPAR: -3.8% to AED655.84. Jeddah: supply: +9.8%; demand: -9.3%; occupancy: -17.4% to 45.7%; ADR: -9.7% to SAR702.62; RevPAR: -25.4% to SAR321.06.
Napa suffers amid fires: Hotel revenue in California’s Napa County, ravaged by wildfires, dropped a reported 36% in October, compared with the same month a year earlier. ADR fell 19% and occupancy fell 22%, according to STR.
Read more in the Napa Valley Register