October 10, 2025

The hotel debt markets have demonstrated remarkable resilience through the third quarter of 2025 and into the fourth quarter, maintaining robust capital availability despite evolving operational challenges across the lodging…

In 2024, hotel transaction volume in the Asia Pacific recorded approximately USD11.5 billion, a modest 3% decrease from USD11.9 billion in 2023. While activity has softened, the pace of decline has significantly improved compared with the sharper 14% decline recorded between 2022 and 2023. The slowdown can be attributed not only to elevated borrowing costs but also to factors such as prolonged transaction timelines due to cautious due diligence and lingering macroeconomic uncertainties across major markets. On a trailing 12-month basis, transaction volume decreased 9% from USD12.4 billion to USD11.2 billion, with deal count easing from 492 to 456. Despite this, the narrowing pace of decline, together with resilient travel demand and selective regional growth, suggests that investors are likely to remain cautiously optimistic and selective.