Industry Trends

In the second week of 2019, San Diego hotels crept up in both occupancy rates and average daily rates, but still fell short of levels in 2018.  Occupancy rates ranged from 55% in Del Mar/Oceanside to near 72% Downtown.  Properties in the I-15 Corridor, however, were the only to see gains over the same week in 2018, with a 3% improvement in occupancy; all other regions fell … [Read more...] about San Diego Lodging Performance – January 6-12, 2019

San Diego hotel performance slumped in the first week of 2019 after the bump felt during the Christmas holiday.  Occupancy rates ranged from about 45% on the I-15 Corridor, to nearly 66% in Mission Bay.  All regions saw significant losses in occupancy compared to the same week in 2018, most notably in Downtown, down -15%, and Mission Valley, down -16% for the week.  Average … [Read more...] about San Diego Lodging Performance – December 30, 2018 – January 5, 2019

By the end of 2018, a total of eight properties opened (or re-opened) in San Diego County, adding 1,252 hotel rooms to the supply.  Several properties that were scheduled to open during this last year have been delayed into 2019, which currently lists fourteen hotels to open.  2019 poses to add another 2,379 rooms to the supply if all the hotels listed open as … [Read more...] about San Diego Hotel Pipeline Update

In the final week of 2018, the Christmas holiday helped to bring occupancy and average daily rates back up for most regions in San Diego.  Occupancy rates ranged from nearly 67% on the I-15 Corridor, to almost 80% in Mission Bay.  Despite being higher than week 51, occupancy rates did not improve from this same week in 2017; most regions saw declines, as much as -11% for La … [Read more...] about San Diego Lodging Performance – December 23-29, 2018

Excerpt from full document by Tourism Economics for the SDTA. As the year concludes, San Diego visitation and traveler spending both look to have had a very strong 2018. Approximately 35.8 million visitors will have spent around $11.3 billion, representing 2.3% growth in visitation and 4.7% growth in spending compared to 2017. Day visitor growth outpaced overnight visitor … [Read more...] about San Diego County 5-Year Travel Forecast – December 2018 Update