PWC boosts forecasts for recovery in hotel revpar

30 November 2004
PWC boosts forecasts for recovery in hotel revpar

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has almost doubled its estimates for the recovery in revenue per available room (revpar) that the hotel sector can expect in 2004.

In May PWC predicted that, following three years of falls, revpar would improve by 4.2% across the country this year. It expected London revpar to rise by 4.5% and provincial revpar by 4.1%.

Now it believes that revpar growth will be closer to 8% this year, led by an 8.7% rise in the provinces and an 8% increase in London.

Recovery over the next two years will continue to be led by regional hotels, which will see revpar rise by 10% in 2005 and 9.9% in 2006.

The report suggests that London revpar will not be too far behind, rising by 9% and 8.4% over each of the next two years.

But it warns that London's real revpar rate, when adjusted for inflation, remains at less than £40, well below the 1997 peak of £58.

"London is busy again and rates are improving," said Robert Milburn, UK leader for hospitality and leisure at PWC.

"The capital hasn't seen more than three years of robust and unbroken revpar growth since 1994-1997.

"However, even by 2006 we expect London's real revpar rate (stripped of CPI inflation) will still have some way to go to reach its 1997 peak, although the UK as a whole should manage to attain its 1990s peak by 2006."

by Angela Frewin

Buy this week's Caterer magazine for more industry news and analysis

The Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email

Start the working day with The Caterer’s free breakfast briefing email

Sign Up and manage your preferences below

Check mark icon
Thank you

You have successfully signed up for the Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email and will hear from us soon!

Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

close

Ad Blocker detected

We have noticed you are using an adblocker and – although we support freedom of choice – we would like to ask you to enable ads on our site. They are an important revenue source which supports free access of our website's content, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

trade tracker pixel tracking