Copyright 1995-2010 Hsyndicate http://www.hsyndicate.org/organization/17004982.html Latest news, events, photos and more from Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels en-us Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:16:19 +0100 cs@hsyndicate.com (Hsyndicate) info@hsyndicate.com (Hsyndicate) Hsyndicate RSS FeedGenerator 5 /file/152004125.pdf /file/152004125.pdf Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:34:30 +0200 2010 forecast: looking up | Far harsher than most investors anticipated, 2009 was the year of a new reality. As debt markets remained illiquid and many investors retreated to the sidelines, global hotel transaction volumes sunk to the lowest annual transaction level of the decade. Down a further 64% from 2008, the $9.4 billion in global hotel sales in 2009 likely marks the bottom of the cycle. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045117.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045117.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:48:05 +0200 Far harsher than most investors anticipated, 2009 was the year of a new reality. As debt markets remained illiquid and fundamentals continued to deteriorate, many investors retreated to the sidelines. Americas hotel transaction volumes sunk 78 percent, totaling $2.1 billion – the lowest level of the decade. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044761.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044761.html Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:30:29 +0200 After dropping to the lowest level in the decade, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels forecasts that global hotel transaction volume will increase by 20 to 40 percent in 2010, according to initial results from the firm's Hotel Investment Outlook 2010 report. The expected increase marks the first rise in two years. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044536.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044536.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:51:37 +0200 London is expected to lead the initial recovery phase for the EMEA Hotel Market according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotel’s latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey (HISS). The survey highlighted a growing confidence in the capital’s hotel market, with investors reporting a high level of buy intentions for key European gateway cities like London and Paris. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044399.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044399.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:14:50 +0200 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today released its bi-annual Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey which shows hotel investors’ sentiment for short-term (six month) performance in the Americas increased for the first time following six consecutive semi-annual declines and, while still negative, stands at a three-year high. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4043504.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4043504.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:51:09 +0200 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today released its latest RevPAR forecast, a one-of-a-kind, five-year outlook indicating that revenue per available room (RevPAR) is expected to return to growth during 2011, which would represent the first year-over-year RevPAR increase since 2007. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4042846.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4042846.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:24:10 +0200 Over the next six months, 54 percent of select service hotel investors are targeting acquisitions of distressed properties as their primary investment focus, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ bi-annual U.S. Select Service Hotel Investor Survey. This move marks a full six percent increase since the last survey was conducted. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ proprietary survey was completed by more than 300 of the nation’s top select service hotel owners and investors. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4042626.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4042626.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:33:38 +0200 Global hotel transaction activity during the first half of 2009 totalled $3.7 billion, representing a 78 percent downturn compared with the first half of 2008. Following consecutive quarterly declines throughout 2008, the second quarter posted an uptick. Promising signs have surfaced after the first quarter of 2009 marked the low point in hotel transactions - the weakest activity level tracked since the third quarter in 2001, when the market was badly impacted by the 9/11 attacks. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041937.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041937.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:09:03 +0200 Hotels are among the leading asset class for investment in Brazil, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ research report Investment case for Brazil, released today. Brazil’s economy, while exposed to the global financial crisis, is forecast to suffer less and for a shorter duration than most of the world’s mature economies. The country is attracting investor attention generated by its long-term growth potential. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041936.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041936.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:07:36 +0200 Following an analysis of the U.S. lodging industry, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today released a new research study, entitled FocusOn: Seven winners in the current market, that identifies segments and players that are more resilient, are performing better, or are less affected by the slowdown in economic fundamentals and the liquidity drought. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041802.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041802.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:31:36 +0200 The lack of pricing consensus has resulted in hotel investors choosing to hold assets as they wait for better conditions to emerge - according to the latest Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey (HISS) from Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. The survey has also suggested that there are some exceptions including Dublin, Lisbon and the Spanish resorts, which have been hit harder by the recession, where investors are now keen to cut their losses and sell as any upside from a recovery appears too distant. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041580.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041580.html Tue, 26 May 2009 15:58:31 +0200 Mr Peter Barge, Jones Lang LaSalle’s Asia Pacific Chairman and Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ Global Chairman, received the first "Trailblazer" award at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) Update Southeast Asia event today. The award recognizes his leadership of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ groundbreaking efforts in real estate transactions and advisory business in the Asia Pacific region, as well as his contributions in setting outstanding standards and mentoring great leaders in the hotel industry. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041555.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041555.html Mon, 25 May 2009 09:21:48 +0200 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today released its bi-annual Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey which shows hotel investors’ sentiment for short–term performance ?defined as six-months? declined to a new low, reaching -57.5 percent in the Americas compared with previous sentiment of -52.5 percent following 9/11. Investors’ short-term sentiment for industry performance remains subdued as economic strain continues to weigh down hotel markets across the Americas. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041389.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041389.html Wed, 13 May 2009 13:45:11 +0200 The EMEA hotel investment market experienced a weak first quarter of the year with investment levels reaching only €700m. This represents a decrease of 81% compared to Q1 2008, although notably levels this time last year were still quite strong despite the low full year volumes. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041388.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4041388.html Wed, 13 May 2009 13:43:12 +0200 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels today released its first FocusOn: Outlook for RevPAR Turnaround, a five-year forecast indicating revenue per available room (RevPAR) will reach $68.28 in 2013, exceeding the previous peak achieved in 2007. The firm expects U.S. RevPAR to decline 12.1 percent this year, comprised of a 7.4 percent decline in average daily rate (ADR) and a 5.1 percent drop in occupancy. RevPAR is expected to bottom out in 2010, a positive indicator of upward momentum on the horizon. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040570.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040570.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:49:44 +0200 According to the results of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ annual Top Owner Survey, Australia’s top ten hotel owners saw little change in their portfolio holdings in 2008, accounting for a combined 12.9% of Australia’s total room supply, compared to 12.4% in 2007. Despite hotel sales totalling only AU$764million in 2008, some key assets change hands including Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast, Westin Melbourne, Holiday Inn Townsville, Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour, Crowne Plaza Newcastle, Gold Coast International Hotel and the Courtyard Marriott Surfers Paradise. Together these transactions represented 59% of the total volume. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040534.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040534.html Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:49:51 +0200 While the debt capital markets remain constrictive for big-ticket investment sales transactions, trading opportunities prevail for select service properties, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ bi-annual U.S. Select Service Hotel Investor Survey. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ proprietary survey was completed by 500 of the nation’s top select service hotel owners and investors. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040289.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4040289.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:42:39 +0200 Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels announced today that the volume of U.S. hotel transactions reached US$8.5 billion in 2008, down from the record US$45 billion achieved during 2007. According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ proprietary database, which tracks transactions US$10 million and above, decreasing liquidity and deteriorating demand fundamentals caused transaction volumes to trail off as the year progressed. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4039931.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4039931.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:38:31 +0200 Reminiscent of the 1990s, well capitalised Asian investors will be tempted back into Australia’s hotel investment market in 2009. According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ newly released Hotel Investment Outlook 2009, the weaker Australian dollar and transparent property market is increasingly attracting counter-cyclical offshore investors in anticipation that markets will bottom over the next 12 months. http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4039932.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4039932.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:26:20 +0200 The 2008 pan EMEA hotel transaction volume for deals above €10 million finished at €7.8bn, a notable decrease of 64% compared to 2007. The reduction in hotel investment activity was largely the result of fewer portfolios transacting during 2008. In particular, large corporate transactions which became frequent in recent years disappeared from the market. Overall portfolio activity fell back by around 71%, whereas single asset investment volume decreased by 49%. The slowdown became most pronounced in the last quarter of the year, when hotel investment volume fell by almost 90% compared to the same quarter in 2007.