Sentiment on hotel markets dampens

hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER Spring 2016: Return expectation mixed – Public version

Augsburg/Hamburg (April 29, 2016). Sentiment on the hotel investment market has dampened in spring 2016 - nevertheless, the market assessment remains positive overall and at a high level. Those surveyed painted a mixed picture when asked about returns and locations. These were the findings from the hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER spring 2016.

"This slightly cooler sentiment on hotel markets is not surprising after the soaring heights of recent years," Andreas Löcher says, Head of Investment Management Hotel at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, commenting on the results of the current survey carried out by the Augsburg-based publisher HospitalityInside in collaboration with Union Investment. "The terrorist attacks in Europe in particular and the uncertainties and risks around the Mediterranean in general have formed new hurdles for tourism over the last year. This obviously has an impact on expectations, in particular also in relation to hotel occupancy. Brussels, for instance, has recently suffered a massive collapse in hotel occupancy. Whilst free capital can be redirected to safe locations, some is trapped in crisis regions, and the hotel operators must attempt to master these challenges."

The survey also revealed revenue expectations for the industry to have fallen by 5.7 percent, though this still means that 75% of those surveyed continue to expect good to very good business for the sector. This also applies for the other individual indices. Those surveyed viewed the current situation and expectations for their own business over the coming six months with more optimism than they viewed the market in general. Sentiment with regard to development of new hotels has tended lower - after a sharp rise in the last survey - and is now 8.5 percent lower. All the same, all individual indices closed with the second highest value since the beginning of the survey in autumn 2013. The overall index falls just under the 4,000 mark, also the second highest value since the beginning of the survey.

Extracts of the new results will also be published on the Union Investment website (www.union-investment.de/realestate) in the next days. In today's issue of the hospitalityInside online magazine, subscribers will find an extended version ("magazine version") of the current survey.

Those who want to obtain the entire analysis of the survey in future should register for the new barometer. Registration and participation are free of charge.

In the attached PDF below, you will find all information about the publically accessible survey at a glance. / kn

INDEX: TOTAL RESULTS SPRING 2016

Compared to autumn 2015, optimism is only slightly dampened. This brings the overall index down to just short of the 4,000 mark. Nevertheless, the overall index - as well as all sub-indices - achieved the second-highest value since the beginning of the survey in autumn 2013.

	hospitalityInside Investment BAROMETER Spring 2016_Public Version

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• Dec 4, 2015 Hotel sentiment at all-time high: hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER for the first time above 4,000 mark - Public Version