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‘Call it magic’: Coldplay fans drive hot demand for hotel rooms in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne

Hotel Management

‘Speed of sound’: fans book accommodation early SiteMinder’s data also shows that fans are booking further in advance to secure their preferred accommodation. On average, guests booked their stays 192.5 to A$481.20. days in advance, a 33.47% increase from last year’s 144.2 days, according to SiteMinder.

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SiteMinder: Easter demand climbs 16.8% globally

Hotel Business

The data, comparing bookings at the same properties across nine markets 30 days before Easter in both 2024 and 2025, reveals stronger demand and travelers securing their accommodation earlier and increasingly looking beyond their home countries. with the average length of stay falling to 2.24 in 2025, compared to 87.21

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Songkran grows in international appeal, fuelling surge in hotel bookings: SiteMinder

SiteMinder

Additionally, stays at Thailands hotels during Songkran week have extended by 7.3% In Koh Samui, where the longest-staying guests are set to arrive, the average length of stay has increased by 1.5%, from 3.74 year-on-year from 2.41 nights to 2.59 nights to 3.80 year-on-year, from THB 6,742 to THB 6,586.

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How SiteMinder and Blueground unlock extended-stay revenue for hotels

SiteMinder

Extended stays are transforming the way that travellers and travel companies view the hospitality landscape. With remote work here to stay for many, corporate relocations surging, and travellers seeking more flexible accommodation arrangements, demand for stays lasting 30+ days is growing.

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HB on the Scene: Michael Bluhm, Mit Shah offer investment insights at NYU Forum

Hotel Business

Shah laid out his vision for branded long-term accommodations—a term he prefers over what he called the outdated “midscale extended-stay.” When you get that 30-plus night stay, you’re able to really run these with six to eight FTEs, housekeeping once every two weeks,” he said. It’s not extended-stay,” he said.

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SiteMinder: Traveler confidence surges post-pandemic

Hotel Business

Travelers incrementally increased their hotel stays, with the average length of stay growing only slightly in 2022 to 1.93 Stays booked to Spain in August were the longest globally, at 2.65 Travelers continued to book accommodation through Airbnb.

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Why you should connect with Renthia to attract long term travellers

STAAH

At the same time, a property manager cannot expect a long-stay guest to pay the same daily rate over a period of minimum 3 months. Single people, couples and small families.