Mexico City, June 15th, 2022 – Hoteles City Express, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Hoteles City Express” or “the Company”) (BMV: HCITY), announces its Hotel Indicators for April and May 2022.
Chain occupancy as of April 2022 was calculated based on 152 hotels and 17,331 rooms in operation. In April, the Company had no new hotel openings.
Chain occupancy as of May 2022 was calculated based on 153 hotels and 17,478 rooms in operation. In May, the Company opened the Ce Monterrey Universidad hotel with 147 rooms.
The following graphs show the recovery trends in room rates and occupancies compared to 2019, a stable year for comparison basis. In April, occupancy recovered by 94% compared to the same period of last year. The average daily rate increased by 11.5% year-over-year, with RevPAR reaching $602 pesos. This represented a 101% recovery for RevPAR vs. 2019 (stable comparison year).
In May, occupancy recovered by 91% compared to the same period of 2019. Average daily rate increased by 9.8% year-over-year, with RevPAR reaching $586 pesos. This represented a 98% recovery for RevPAR vs. 2019 (stable comparison year).
During March and April, the Company’s commercial strategy to optimize rates, mainly on weekends and holidays, were particularly noteworthy. Likewise, the recovery of various sectors of the economy continued, mainly the manufacturing and exports sectors. As a result, we have been able to capture a higher number of commercial agreements and we have been able to diversify our current demand. Month by month, the gap in 2022 RevPAR compared to 2019 has been closing, thus, during April and May the level of this indicator has approached 2019 levels.
Finally, revenues at the consolidated level for April and May recorded an amount of $255.3 and $262.3 million respectively, which represented a recovery of 97.6% and 96.3% respectively (vs. stable year 2019). Even with the industry seasonality, the company has reduced the difference from 2022 to 2019, showing a positive trend.
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E-mail: hvazquez@hotelescity.com