Centara Launches a New Property Portfolio
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Centara Hotels & Resorts has rebranded its boutique collection as The Centara Collection, featuring unique, one-of-a-kind properties in Thailand and the Maldives, including the newly renamed Machchafushi Island Resort & Spa Maldives.
STR reported China hotel data for the week ended January 11. Hotel RevPAR in China was down -0.2%. Comps will get dramatically easier in 2025 as this week was up against a modest +17.7% year over year comp in the same week in 2024. ADR was actually up 1.1% year over year for the week, while occupancy was down -1.3%.
According to official data, in less than two weeks, 60,000 multiple entry visas have been issued for travel to Macau’s neighboring cities. Since January 1, Zhuhai residents have made 257,000 trips to Macau, up 26.1% year on year. China’s National Immigration Administration said 59,000 “One Trip Per Week” endorsements for travel to Macau have been issued along with over 6,000 Multiple Entry endorsements. From January 3-5, daily visitor arrivals to Macau remained over 100,000, not something that has typically been seen in non-holiday periods since the pandemic. As for the upcoming Chinese New Year week, Cotai hotels are nearly fully booked, with only SJM
