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🏨 The hotel forecasting process estimates future room and service demand using historical data, market trends, and external factors to optimize planning and occupancy. Artificial intelligence and predictive models have significantly improved forecasting accuracy. Forecasting guides hotel strategies, pricing, and operational resources, impacting profitability and efficiency. It incorporates real-time data, system integration, and factors like global trends, economic conditions, and climate. Hotels use revenue management, operational, and financial forecasting methods to maximize revenue, manage resources, and plan budgets. Best practices include using historical data, market analysis, data quality, real-time adjustments, and combining technology with human expertise. These strategies ensure precision and flexibility in the dynamic hotel industry.

🏖 Ávoris Corporación Empresarial, led by Juan Carlos González, aims to exceed 50% of its EBITDA from international markets in the coming years from the current 20%. The company has expanded its presence in Italy, will open in Morocco and Mexico in 2025, and has entered France while strengthening its positions in Romania and Bulgaria. Ávoris has renewed its agreement with Latin American tourism giant CVC to grow its presence in the continent and has incorporated Travel.land for operations in Iceland.

📈 Eva Blasco, Vice President of International Relations at CEAV, criticized the impractical bureaucracy imposed on travel agencies by Real Decreto 933/2021. She mentioned that agencies struggle with manual data entry, using tools like Excel. The sector is firmly requesting exclusion from this regulation, which they believe should be enforced by accommodations at check-in. FETAVE, led by re-elected President César Gutiérrez Calvo, echoed this sentiment and noted the lack of response from the European Commission to a complaint filed in January 2023. Legal action is considered if their concerns are not addressed in the upcoming ministerial order.

🏨 Miguel Salom of The Hotel Factory presented data on emerging non-hotel accommodation models at Updating Hotelero 2025, hosted by HOSTELTUR. The event, held last Thursday, featured a panel with All Iron Real Estate's David Iriso, ByPillow's Marc Molas, and Wecamp's Albert Montesinos. The next session, including a dozen experts, is scheduled for this Thursday at 10 am, discussing the hotel investment market, new management models, and business succession.

🏨 In the week of March 17-23, Spanish hotels saw reservations increase except in the Valencian Community. Andalusia topped the list with 18.3% of total bookings, a 7.5% week-over-week increase and a 13.6% year-over-year increase. Catalonia and the Canary Islands followed with 16.6% and 14.8% of bookings, respectively. The Basque Country, Castilla y León, and Galicia saw significant booking increases of 31%, 27.2%, and 18.2%. Spain and the UK lead the market, accounting for over 70% of total reservations, despite a 1.8% and 5.9% decline, respectively. Bookings from China, Germany, and the US rose by 29.1%, 19%, and 16.9%. Most bookings (29.74%) were made more than 90 days in advance, with 49.29% for stays of 2 to 5 days. Couples and solo travelers made up 72.5% of bookings.

🏨 Spain hosts over 700 international hotel chains with more than 650,000 rooms, 8.46% of which are under international brands, rising to 17.67% when focusing on total room numbers (116,349 rooms). Hyatt Hotels Corporation leads with 55 hotels and 13,895 rooms, followed by Marriott International's 95 hotels and 13,824 rooms, and Accor with 95 hotels and 11,750 rooms. Together, these top three chains encompass 33% of the total rooms tracked by HOSTELTUR. Recent developments include Hyatt's acquisition of three hotels in Tenerife from Blantyre Capital and Marriott's opening of El Autor in Madrid and The Luxury Collection branded Hotel Palace Madrid after a €90 million investment.

🚌 In Murcia, a bus carrying 45 Imserso users crashed, revealing vehicle deficiencies like a cracked windshield, worn tires, and old license plates. Despite initial concerns, a recent trip from Granada to Talavera de la Reina occurred without incidents. After the March 18 accident near Nueva Condomina and the Real Murcia stadium, which left dozens of pensioners injured, travelers plan to check bus conditions on future trips.

🏖️ Riu hotels in Spain approach 70% occupancy five weeks before Easter, with a forecast of 90%. Baleares benefits from a 15% increase in bookings compared to last year, when Easter was in March. Two Mallorca hotels, Riu Bravo and Riu Playa Park, open on April 11, Riu La Mola in Formentera on April 25 after a full renovation. Key markets are Germany, UK, and a notable 11% rise in domestic bookings. Riu Plaza España expects full occupancy, attracting mainly national and European tourists, especially French and Portuguese.

🏠 Barcelona's Apartur, representing tourist-use housing, held an event in Madrid on March 18. The city, which began regulating such housing over a decade ago and maintains 10,000 tourist apartments, faces potential extinction of these dwellings due to a decree allowing license annulment by 2028. A PwC report suggests this could impact economic sectors and reduce accommodation availability, potentially affecting events like MWC. Despite evidence disassociating tourist apartments from rental inflation, Barcelona's decision raises concerns over economic and regulatory impacts.

🏡 Raquel Sánchez announced Paradores' unprecedented "Plan de Modernización", investing €250 million, alongside Turespaña and European funds (PRTR), to renovate over 50% of their network in the next five years. In 2024, Paradores achieved a record income of €347 million with historic profits of nearly €40 million and the best occupancy rate in 20 years at 73.5%. Room sales increased by 4.5% to 1.5 million, with a 67.5% occupancy from October to May, and rural areas reaching 72%. The MICE segment grew 8% in 2024, with 65,000 room occupancies. Paradores aim to attract more international tourists, especially from the UK, USA, France, and Germany, while contributing to sustainability and capturing 703 tons of CO2 over 40 years with the reforestation project in Dueñas.