HOTEL REPORT MARCH 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERALL PERFORMANCE PAGE 1 HOTEL GUESTS PAGE 2 PERFORMANCE BY REGION PAGE 3 PERFORMANCE BY STAR RATING PAGE 4 UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE 5 DCT NEWS PAGE 6 GLOSSARY PAGE 7
OVERALL PERFORMANCE HOTEL GUESTS (000) 396 414 352 445 369 320 163 Hotels with 31,482 rooms 402 432 420 404 427 475 YTD (JAN- MAR) 1,162 1,290 419 406 465 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OCCUPANCY RATE +10.9% 7 7 7 7 6 52% 62% 6 71% 79% 83% 79% 7 78% 7 78% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (ALOS-DAYS) +2. 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 HOTEL TOTAL REVENUE (MILLION ) 505 535 510 522 676 533 582 408 395 294 327 334 471 471 539 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,550 1,482-0. -4. AVERAGE ROOM RATE () 378 457 362 381 309 288 281 275 302 383 515 421 398 363 362 365 362 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-8. REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM () 352 285 271 290 201 150 173 181 214 302 426 331 301 282 272 285 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-6.3% 1
HOTEL GUESTS 464,960 Non 1,289,537 HOTEL GUESTS MARCH 2018 YTD (JAN- MAR) HOTEL GUESTS 2018 283,460 330,329 804,346 932,484 130,125 134,631 358,022 357,053 MARCH 2017 MARCH 2018 TOP NON- NATIONALITIES (000) YTD 2017 YTD 2018 % Change % Change 35.4 96.7 15. 40.8 127.3 26.6 76.8 32.3% 35.2 100.4 22.5 59.7 24.1% 28.0 75.0 14.9 40.4 29.1% 19.3 50.1 13.8 35.5 Germany 36.3% Germany 18.8 45.0 13.3 36.4 15.5 16. 41.2 15.4 41.4 Saudi Arabia 14.1-8. 38.8 9.1 37.3 Jordan 10.4 14.2% 37.6 31. 30.8% 25. 24.2% 26. 13.3% -6. 0. ALOS BY NATIONALITY (DAYS) 2.12.3 1.31.5 2.82.7 3.9 3.6 3.5 2.9 4.8 4.4 2.7 2.7 1.92.0 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.3 1.4 1.5 2.8 2.6 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.1 4.5 4.4 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 TRIP MAIN PURPOSE MARCH 2018 YTD 2018 Business, 30% VFR, Business, 30% VFR, Vacation, 49% Vacation, 49% MICE, Others, Shopping, 2% MICE, 8% Others, Shopping, 2% 2
PERFORMANCE BY REGION MARCH 2018 Actual ABU DHABI Al AIN Al DHAFRA Actual Actual GUESTS 409,768 12.8% 40,126 5.3% 15,066 22. OCCUPANCY RATE 83% 8. 63% -6.2% 5-12.9% ALOS DAYS 2.7 3.2% 2.1 7. 2.2-22.1% REVENUES (M AED) 483.8 6.3% 29.1-4.1% 26.4 7. ARR (AED) 356 0. 301-15.0% 729 20.3% REVPAR (AED) 294 9.3% 188-20.2% 396 4.8% SUPPLY AND TOP NATIONALITIES - YTD 2018 AL DHAFRA 11 Hotels with 1,207 rooms ABU DHABI 132 Hotels with 27,710 rooms Germany 11% 8% 2 Germany Saudi Arabia 1 2 Oman Jordan AL AIN 20 Hotels with 2,565 rooms 3% 3% 9% 48% YTD (JAN- MAR) 2018 Actual ABU DHABI Al AIN Al DHAFRA Previous YTD Actual Previous YTD Actual Previous YTD GUESTS 1,137,714 11.3% 110,821 4.8% 41,002 20.3% OCCUPANCY RATE 80% 4. 61% -9. 50% -24.0% ALOS DAYS 2.7 0. 2.0 0. 2.1-28. REVENUES (M AED) 1,333.9-4. 79.4-9.8% 68.4 3.8% ARR (AED) 357-9. 299-15.1% 749 38.8% REVPAR (AED) 288-5. 182-23.3% 371 5. 3
PERFORMANCE BY STAR RATING 45 HOTELS 12,744 ROOMS 40 HOTELS 8,448 ROOMS 32 HOTELS 4,503 ROOMS DELUXE 18 HOTELS 3,267 ROOMS SUPERIOR 16 HOTELS 1,809 ROOMS STANDARD 12 HOTELS 711 ROOMS HOTEL GUESTS (000) HOTEL GUESTS (000) MARCH 2017 MARCH 2018 YTD 2017 YTD 2018 177 202 127 152 565 490 409 352 71 73 210 208 18 19 14 12 7 5 49 57 41 35 20 15 OCCUPANCY RATE (%) 79% 80% 82% 7 7 79% 88% 70% 72% 7 7 7 71% 7 79% 81% 79% 7 79% 8 78% 7 7 78% ARR (AED) 529 548 588 540 269 240 216 202 338 304 246 220 211 189 299 250 239 206 358 319 254 223 220 194 TOP NATIONALITIES YTD - 2018 5 Star 4 Star 3-1 Star Germany 1 28% 9% 8% 28% Pakistan 1 2 Saudi Arabia Deluxe Superior Standard 3% 3 Saudi Arabia Pakistan 11% 3 Pakistan Oman 8% 12% 20% 4
UPCOMING EVENTS April 2018 31 May 2018 For detailed list of events please check https://abudhabievents.ae/en/pages/default.aspx 5
DCT ABU DHABI NEWS Mother of the Nation Festival: The third edition of Mother of Nation Festival concluded with the event entertaining and delighting more than 151,000 visitors with a highly interactive programme for the entire family to enjoy, including performances, shopping, workshops and activities. Taking place between Thursday 22 nd to Saturday 31 st March 2018 at Miral s new beachfront leisure development A l Bahar and spread across more than a kilometre of Abu Dhabi s Corniche, the annual festival paid tribute to the Mother of the Nation, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, and President of the Supreme Council of Motherhood and Childhood, and her living legacy. Archaeology Conference: The international Archaeology Conference 2018 concluded after a successful three-day event in Al Ain. The final day of the conference, on 28 th March, saw the eighth session of the conference chaired by Dr. Mark Beech, Head of Coastal Heritage and Palaeontology, in the Historic Environment Department, DCT Abu Dhabi. The session explored discoveries from the late Pre-Islamic era to the recent past. The ninth and final session saw further discussion of the late Pre-Islamic era, chaired by Dr. Peter Magee, Head of Archaeology, DCT Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi Art: The Department has announced that artist Monira Al Qadiri has been commissioned to provide works for the visual campaign of Abu Dhabi Art 2018. Al Qadiri is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. In 2010, she received a Ph.D. in inter-media art from Tokyo University of the Arts, where her research focused on the aesthetics of sadness in the Middle-East stemming from poetry, music, art and religious practices. Her work explores petro-cultures and their possible futures. The visual campaign will draw on images from her series of sculptural works entitled Spectrum 1 & 2, Amorphous Solid Ghost, and Alien Technology. Selected works from these series will be on display at Abu Dhabi Art in November 2018. Roadshow: The Department embarked on a four-city roadshow to along with partners and stakeholders to help promote the emirate and entice even more n visitors to explore and discover Abu Dhabi. The delegation, which included Rotana Hotels, Yas Experience, Royal Arabian Destination Management, Royal Rose Hotels, Etihad Airways, Jet Airways, Lama Tours, Air Travel Enterprises, Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas, and Holiday Inn Hotels was in from 16 th to 23 rd March. The roadshow began in Chandigarh in northern before moving on to Ahmedabad, Mumbai and ending in the city of Pune. 6
GLOSSARY Occupancy Rate, % Occupancy is the percentage of available rooms that are occupied, calculated by dividing the number of occupied rooms by the available rooms. Available rooms Number of rooms available during the month covered by the report excluding out-of-order (a room status term indicating that a room is scheduled for maintenance, refurbishment, deep cleaning, etc.) Number of rooms used daily, including complimentary and house use Occupied rooms Average Length of Stay ALOS Guest arrivals Average number of nights guests spent in a single stay, calculated by dividing guest nights by guest arrivals Number of registered guest arrivals (check-ins) including those who occupied complimentary or non-revenue generating rooms either for day-stay or overnight stay Guests Nights Number of night guests spent in the hotel regardless of the type of rooms they occupy Total revenues Revenue generated by hotels from all their operations, including service charge and taxes Average room (daily) rate ARR/ADR Revenue per available room RevPAR A ratio that indicates average room rate and to what extent rooms are being up-sold or discounted; calculated by dividing room revenue by the number of occupied rooms. (Note: Based on paid rooms only, excluding complimentary and house use but service charge) Revenue per Available rooms, calculated by dividing the total revenues by total rooms in hotel minus out-of-service rooms Disclaimer: All rights reserved. Report content is based on available information at the time of publishing and is subject to change without notice when more accurate or complete data is available 7