Renewed interest in hotel investment: white paper

✍ Scribed by Brian Lee

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2005
• Weight: 67 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1473-1894
• DOI: 10.1002/bref.156

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

As the world's largest industry, tourism is becoming increasingly global and places greater demands on the hotel trade.

Tourist traffic had increased by 30% over the last five years, according to the World Tourism Organisation, and will shortly exceed one billion tourist arrivals per annum.

Greater demand for hotel accommodation coupled with increasing separation of ownership and management has placed the hotel sector firmly in the investment spotlight.

The following article explains why. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.