Hotel Industry Faces a Split Market as Inflation Cools and Luxury Brands Shine https://newgenadv.com/2025/11/hotel-industry-faces-a-split-market-as-inflation-cools-and-luxury-brands-shine/ The hotel sector is closing out in 2025 with a story of two markets—one defined by resilience at the luxury end and another constrained by sluggish growth in the midscale and economic tiers. #hotelindustryfacesasplitmarket #asinflationcoolsandluxurybrandsshine

Hotel Earnings Week: Credit-Card Upside, Low-Gear RevPAR, and a Lesson in Sonder https://newgenadv.com/2025/11/hotel-earnings-week-credit-card-upside-low-gear-revpar-and-a-lesson-in-sonder/ The hotel industry wrapped up another earnings week with cautious optimism—and a dose of reality. Most operators reported results ahead of expectations, but the tone from management teams remained measured. #hotelearningsweek #creditcardupside #lowgearrevPAR

Signs of a Secular Slowdown: How Hotel Investors Are Navigating a Select-Service Reset https://newgenadv.com/2025/10/signs-of-a-secular-slowdown-how-hotel-investors-are-navigating-a-select-service-reset/ The U.S. economy continues to expand, but hotel investors are facing a very different story. Revenue per available room (RevPAR) and average daily rate (ADR) growth remain stubbornly low despite stable GDP gains. #signsofasecularslowdown #hotelinvestors

From Boom to Balance: Real Estate Normalizes in 2025 https://newgenadv.com/2025/09/from-boom-to-balance-real-estate-normalizes-in-2025/ The past five years have been marked by unprecedented extremes in the U.S. economy and real estate markets. The pandemic era (2020–2022) brought massive stimulus, pent-up consumer demand, record job openings, ultra-low bankruptcies, and historically cheap financing. Real estate rode those waves—hotels boomed, labor shortages persisted, and CRE values surged on easy money. #FromBoomtoBalanceRealEstateNormalizesin2025

Distorted Comps in Real Estate: When Low Sales Skew Values https://newgenadv.com/2025/09/distorted-comps-in-real-estate-when-low-sales-skew-values/ In real estate, “comps” (short for comparables) are one of the most widely used tools to determine a property’s value. A comp is essentially a recent sale of a similar asset in a similar market, used as a benchmark. Real estate brokers, investors, lenders, and appraisers rely significantly on comps because they allow them to determine fair market value quickly without the need for complex models. #distortedcompsinrealestatewhenlowsalesskewvalues