Victor Yeung: Limited service hotels continue to grow in Asia
Over the last twenty years, limited service hotels have expanded its footprint to all major regions in the world. Rising demand from growing tourist markets is the primary reason, but changes to the hotel ownership and operational models have also accelerated capital investment into the sector.
Over the last twenty years, limited service hotels have expanded its footprint to all major regions in the world. Rising demand from growing tourist markets is the primary reason, but changes to the hotel ownership and operational models have also accelerated capital investment into the sector.
We believe that hotels can be best compared to logistics assets two or three decades ago. Logistics assets saw a similar cycle, when investors were initially concerned with its long term investment value. However, once the ownership and operational models matured, logistics assets saw a one-time, secular value appreciation in multiple markets. This tightened the yield gap between logistics and office assets, and now in many markets, especially those with an active REIT market, logistics cap rates are on par with office or retail cap rates. We see hotels, more specifically limited service hotels, as having similar potential.
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