Although hotels in the MENA region were able to maintain room occupancy levels in the month, at 69.5 percent, achieved
The decline in January was led by a 1.3-percent drop in non-rooms revenues, which fell to 47.10 euros, equivalent to
January is typically the slowest month of trading and 2019 was no different, with GOPPAR for the month recorded at
Revenues declined across all departments, including Rooms (down 1.5 percent), Food & Beverage (down 7.1 percent) and Conference & Banqueting
The month was especially hit by declines across non-rooms departments, including Food & Beverage (down 0.9 percent), Conference & Banqueting
Profit growth in December was led by increases in the Rooms (up 7.2 percent) and Food & Beverage (up 1.0
The growth in profit in November was led by increases across all revenue centres, including Rooms (up 3.1 percent), Food
Hotels in the region have now recorded a YOY decline in profit in seven of the last 10 months.
Growth in revenue was led by an 8.3-percent year-on-year increase in RevPAR to £102.67, which was fuelled by a 2.3-percentage-point
September also marked a return to more robust levels of non-rooms revenue performance, illustrated by the contribution from the Food