Morgan Stanley analyst Jamie Rollo conducted an online survey of 135 corporate travel managers responsible for about $8 billion in travel spend with a global spread of operations, and shared the findings.
The survey, which is Morgan Stanley's 21st annual Global Hotel Corporate Travel Survey, has historically been a reasonable guide to future RevPAR growth, says the analyst.
Respondents expect their 2024 travel budgets to be, on average, ~8% above 2023, writes the analyst.
According to the analyst, it is encouraging that budgets appear to be holding up well given the growing macroeconomic uncertainty, and 8% is well above consensus expectations for just about 2% RevPAR growth in 2024.
About 40% of respondents said that their companies have returned to pre-COVID travel levels, a marked increase compared to the analyst's May 23 / Oct 22 surveys.
Respondents expect 5-6% room rate growth next year for all major global chains like Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR), Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc (NYSE:HLT), InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Accor SA (OTC:ACCYY).
Respondents expect to see ~12% of the meetings that would have been physical pre-pandemic to have shifted virtual, lower than the 18-20% shift in previous surveys. This suggests a degree of permanence in the shift to virtual, but the ongoing decline in expectations could provide a tailwind to spend, writes the analyst.
The shift to virtual meetings is bigger for European respondents than U.S. (13% versus 10% for 2024), and is expected to rise in Europe but fall in the U.S. in 2025 (16% versus 9%).
The analyst notes budget hotels tend to outperform upscale in tough economic environments, and while the trend is negative for some of the U.S.listed companies that skew to higher chainscales like Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H), Hilton and Marriott, it is positive for both the European-listed companies that skew midscale/economy and those in the U.S. focused on these segments like Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE:WH) and Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE:CHH).
Also, the analyst says that every major hotel company in the U.S. and Europe reported a stronger Q3 than Q2, in terms of RevPAR relative to 2019, further solidifying the positive outlook for hotels.
摩根士丹利分析師Jamie Rollo對135位企業差旅經理進行了在線調查,這些經理的差旅支出約爲80億美元,業務遍及全球,並分享了調查結果。
該分析師表示,該調查是摩根士丹利的第21次年度全球酒店企業差旅調查,歷來是未來RevPAR增長的合理指導。
分析師寫道,受訪者預計,他們2024年的差旅預算平均將比2023年高出約8%。
這位分析師表示,令人鼓舞的是,鑑於宏觀經濟的不確定性增加,預算似乎表現良好,8%遠高於共識預期,即2024年RevPAR增長僅爲2%左右。
大約40%的受訪者表示,他們的公司已恢復到COVID之前的旅行水平,與分析師5月23日/10月22日的調查相比,這一數字顯著增加。
受訪者預計,所有主要的全球連鎖店明年房費將增長5-6%,例如 萬豪國際 (納斯達克股票代碼:MAR), 希爾頓全球控股公司 (紐約證券交易所代碼:HLT), 洲際酒店集團 (紐約證券交易所代碼:IHG)和 Accor SA (場外交易代碼:ACCYY)。
受訪者預計,在疫情前本來是物理會議的會議中,約有12%會轉爲虛擬會議,低於之前調查中18-20%的變化。分析師寫道,這表明向虛擬轉變有一定程度的持久性,但預期的持續下降可能會爲支出提供順風。
歐洲受訪者向虛擬會議的轉變比美國的受訪者更大(2024年爲13%對10%),預計到2025年,歐洲將上升,但美國將下降(16%對9%)。
分析師指出,在艱難的經濟環境中,廉價酒店的表現往往優於高檔酒店,而對於一些傾向於更高連鎖規模的美國上市公司來說,這種趨勢是負面的,例如 凱悅酒店集團 紐約證券交易所代碼:H)、希爾頓和萬豪酒店,這對於偏向中型/經濟的歐洲上市公司和專注於這些細分市場的美國上市公司來說都是積極的,例如 溫德姆酒店及度假村公司 (紐約證券交易所代碼:WH)和 Choice 酒店國際有限公司 (紐約證券交易所代碼:CHH)。
此外,該分析師表示,就RevPAR而言,美國和歐洲的每家主要酒店公司都報告稱,與2019年相比,第三季度的表現強於第二季度,這進一步鞏固了酒店的樂觀前景。