U.S. Occupancy Rates To Climb In 2010, PwC Says
PricewaterhouseCoopers U.S. Lodging Industry Update Forecasts Beginning of Lodging Demand Recovery in 2010
-- Hotels, 11/6/2009 12:26:00 PM
PRESS RELEASE
PricewaterhouseCoopers' updated U.S. lodging forecast reflects performance during the initial stages of economic recovery and the continued expectation that lodging demand will begin to recover in 2010. While occupancy levels and ADR in the last quarter of 2009 are expected to remain below levels from one year ago, resulting in a 16.4% decrease in room RevPAR in 2009, PwC expects that hotel occupancy rates will increase in 2010. However, 2010 ADR levels are expected to remain below 2009 room rate levels.
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
|
Occupancy |
63.3% |
59.8% |
59.1% |
59.2% |
61.4% |
63.1% |
63.3% |
63.1% |
60.3% |
55.2% |
55.8% |
|
ADR Growth |
5.4% |
-1.4% |
-1.5% |
0.2% |
4.2% |
5.5% |
7.5% |
6.2% |
2.7% |
-8.8% |
-1.8% |
|
RevPAR Growth |
6.1% |
-7.0% |
-2.7% |
0.5% |
7.9% |
8.5% |
7.8% |
5.8% |
-1.8% |
-16.4% |
-0.7% |
PricewaterhouseCoopers' quarterly lodging forecast is based on updated macroeconomic forecasts from Macroeconomic Advisers LLC. Updated forecasts from Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC expect real gross domestic product to increase 3.5 percent in 2010 relative to 2009.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers current lodging forecast, lodging demand in the fourth quarter is forecast to be 0.5 percent below last year's levels, resulting in an annual decline of 5.5 percent in 2009. Lodging supply continued to grow in the third quarter of 2009, resulting in an upward revision of PwC's supply growth forecast for this year to 3.2 percent. However, the pace of supply growth peaked at a slower rate in this cycle than during the previous two recessions of 1990-91 and 2001. Despite a deceleration in supply growth, the supply-demand imbalance is expected to compress occupancy levels by 8.4 percent in 2009, resulting in an average annual occupancy level of 55.2 percent. Room rates are expected to continue to be compressed, resulting in an 8.8 percent decline in ADR and a 16.4 percent decrease in RevPAR in 2009.
In 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts that a supply growth of 1.4 percent, combined with growing demand, will result in a subtle recovery of hotel occupancy to 55.8 percent, which is seven percentage points below the long-term average of 62.8 percent. Meanwhile, signs of recovery in hotel pricing are not yet evident. It is expected that the steepest declines in ADR have passed, but that year-over-year ADR levels will continue to decline, resulting in a 1.8 percent decline.
"Barring any unforeseen circumstances from an operating perspective, the worst appears to be over," says Scott D. Berman, principal and U.S. Industry Leader, Hospitality & Leisure, for PricewaterhouseCoopers. "To what degree the industry experiences recovery is predicated on an improving economy, which facilitates lodging demand growth, and operators' ability to achieve higher pricing."
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