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BWH Hotels has expanded in Vietnam with the opening of the Imperial Dalat Hotel, BW Premier Collection. Plus, more hotel development news.
Macau recorded 11,213,904 visitor arrivals in 1Q26, up 13.7% year-on-year. Same-day visitors were up 20.3% to 7,007,320, while overnight visitors were only up 4.1% to 4,206,584. International visitors in 1Q26 were up 10.7% to 755,756. March visitation was up 10.6% to 3,393,636, with overnight visitors up 2.2% and same-day visitors up 16.6%. International arrivals were up 18.4% in March, but that was only 276,455. The average occupancy rate of hotels in 1Q was 94.6%, up from 94.3% a year earlier. Average room rates were down 0.5% to MOP1,378.4. Five-star hotels led with a 95.4% occupancy rate, up 0.5 percentage points year-on-year. Four-star hotels were at 90.6%, and three-star hotels actually had a slight decline to 97%. Five-star hotel rates were down 0.5% to MOP1,540.9, four-star rates fell 2.2% to MOP1,126.5, and three-star hotels posted a 4.9% drop to MOP928. March hotel occupancy was 92.9%, down 0.8 percentage points, but average room rates were up 3.3% to MOP1,359.
