Hotel Industry Trends - Financial

The first quarter edition of Deloitte Research’s Global Economic Outlook offers timely insights from Deloitte Research’s team of economists about the trends and events that are shaping the marketplace.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended December with a 2.7-percent increase to 2,003 and was down 15.3 percent in 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended November with a 2.7-percent decrease to 1,951 and is down 17.5 percent year-to-date 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

The sovereign-debt crisis in the Eurozone weighed heavily on many CFOs in the third quarter. Combined with fleeting consumer confidence and the continuing government struggles to find solutions, the fiscal uncertainty was enough to sink CFO optimism.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended October with a 21.7-percent increase to 2,005 and is down 15.2 percent year-to-date 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended September with an 8.9-percent decrease to 1,647 and is down 30.3 percent year-to-date 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended August with a 15.4-percent decrease to 1,807 and is down 23.6 percent year-to-date 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

The Cornell Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) in conjunction with the Cornell Center for Real Estate and Finance (CREF) is pleased to announce the recent update of the most-often-downloaded and widely used tool on the CHR site, the Hotel Valuation Software (HVS), Version 3.

The Baird/STR Hotel Stock Index ended July with a 4.7-percent decrease to 2,135 and is down 9.7 percent year-to-date 2011. The index ended 2010 at 2,364.

PwC's Private Company Trendsetter Barometer tracks the business issues and standard industry practices of leading, privately held US businesses. It incorporates the views of 240 chief executive officers (CEOs/CFOs): 132 from companies in the product sector and 108 in the service sector, averaging $293 million in enterprise revenue/sales, and including large, $300M-plus private companies.