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14.12.11 | Nicaragua

El incremento del número de turistas que ha visitado Nicaragua en el 2011, provocó un crecimiento de al menos un 20 por ciento en la...

20.10.11 | Nicaragua

Nicaragua has suffered serious bad press as a result of its troubled past and current President. Those unfortunate realities aside, this beautiful...

21.12.09

By using Facebook, you can now follow our daily activities and read interesting industry comments as well as enjoy our gallery of pictures and...

23.09.09 | Nicaragua

The final draft for the Rules and Regulations that will complete the new Coastal Law was finished today and presented to the Legislature for its...

22.07.09

Calvet & Associates weekly publication and more interesting information is now also available at WordPress !! We keep growing and expanding in our...

14.07.09 | Nicaragua

Projects in Central America and in Nicaragua will need to present returns above 25% to compete with less risk and equal or better yield...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

It is right after lunch in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, July 7th, and some of the key players in the hospitality industry have been summoned...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

As Jeff Higley (Editor-in Chief of Hotel and Motel Management Magazine) said in his “Twitter” page on June 2, the IREFAC (Industry Real Estate...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

One of the most prestigious tourism and hospitality research organizations in the U.S. is Smith Travel Research (STR). Through its division called...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

It is refreshing to see good things happening even though we are all going through difficult times since the Sub-prime crisis. During the last two...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

PRONicaragua is the official investment promotion agency in Nicaragua. The agency recently qualified as one of the best promotional agencies in the...

11.07.09

Our new Calvet Weekly News Edition is up! please go to www.calvetreport.com and read the updated world hotel outlook for 2009 to 22011

11.07.09

07.07.09

Today we attended the ALIS (American Lodging Investment Summit) Summer Update meeting held in Los Angeles, another successful conference organized...

06.07.09

We are presently visiting all the mayor hotels in Managua as well as a large number of small and medium hotels gathering information for our next...

30.06.09

Congratulations to our first clients in ITALY!! After two intense months, the complete Feasibility Study and the Concept Design for their...

22.06.09 | Nicaragua

On the morning of October 16, 2004, people in London were drinking their morning coffee and reading the newspaper, “The Guardian”, in which...

22.06.09 | Nicaragua

The most important element of the new Coastal Law is a very clear and explicit respect for private property which has been legally obtained. This...

22.06.09 | Nicaragua

The new Coastal Law specifically mandates that government institutions and municipal authorities should work together with developers, property...

22.06.09 | Honduras

For those truly interested in delving into the details of the new law, this article will discuss its most important elements: • The new setback is...

22.06.09 | Nicaragua

The approval of the Coastal Law immediately generated positive comments and reactions from the investment community. The Association of Investors...

26.05.09 | Nicaragua

In recent weeks, the Tourism Institute presented an initiative from President Daniel Ortega to the Legislature (the Nicaraguan version of the U.S....

25.05.09 | Nicaragua

The cost of borrowing in dollars between banks had its biggest two-day drop in more than four months amid confidence record low interest rates and...

25.05.09 | Nicaragua

Arriving a couple of days ago in Granada, “the colonial jewel of Nicaragua”, Joan Belden and Carol Kennicot of Denver, Colorado were excited to...

25.05.09 | Nicaragua

· The inflation rate was 0% during the first four months of 2009, and the International Reserves at the Central Bank remained level at $1,128...

25.05.09 | Costa Rica

The Central Bank of Costa Rica reported an increase in their International Reserves, reaching $4,085 million during the first 5 months of 2009,...

28.04.09 | Nicaragua

COPADES (Consultores para el Desarrollo Empresarial, S.A.), a think-tank directed by economist Nestor Avedaño whose group has more than 15 years’...

27.04.09 | Nicaragua

There is nothing more important in today’s business world than “information management”. Long gone are the days when it was valid to say that...

27.04.09 | Costa Rica

Costa Rica is fighting the current economic crisis by showing renewed confidence in their products in an effort to prepare for an economic...

27.04.09 | Nicaragua

January reported decreases in the industrial production, YTD -2.3%. Last year, the same month YTD presented an increase of 4.8%, as reported by the...

27.04.09 | Costa Rica

The Latin American Economic Commission (CEPAL) has forecasted a 0.5% economic growth for Costa Rica during 2009, compared to a 1.4% average for the...

27.04.09 | Nicaragua

Calvet & Associates® has changed its CalvetWeeklyNews® email distribution method after a glitch was discovered in the original software program....

21.04.09 | Nicaragua

Last weekend, with the sun at its highest point and the temperature at 104¢ªF, there was no mercy for Dr. Darwin Juarez, biologist and Calvet &...

21.04.09 | Nicaragua

It is true that Nicaragua is a country of contrasts, and its financial system is no exception. While in most countries the Central Banks are...

20.04.09 | Costa Rica

Texas A&M University is opening the new Soltis Research and Education Center at San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, about two hours from San Jose, close...

20.04.09 | Nicaragua

CABEI, the Central American Integration Bank, approved a $200 million dollar line of credit to the Nicaragua Central Bank. $100 million of these...

17.04.09 | Nicaragua

Calvet & Associates congratulates the projects Milagro del Mar (at Gran Pacifica) and Soma Resort (in Tola) for the recent approval of Law 306...

04.04.09

After 40 years of discussions, meetings, planning and more planning, the long-dreamed-about Coastal Road is still just that—a dream. The project,...

03.04.09

Eduardo Holmann, the hands-on former Mayor of San Juan del Sur, had lunch with us today (with the Association of Investors and Developers) and...

16.03.09 | Nicaragua

The Canadian Charter season from Montreal to Montelimar is finishing next Tuesday. I was there to congratulate our team for an excellent job done....

12.03.09 | Nicaragua

Standing on top of a high hill in Managua, Gerardo Caligari admired the newest addition to the hospitality industry in Managua, feeling proud but...

12.03.09 | Nicaragua

The Association of Investors and Developers has been growing in the number of its members and definitively in importance and influence in the...

08.03.09 | Nicaragua

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” How many times have we heard this line? It is more appropriate now than ever, as we never thought...

08.03.09

The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua has become a hot destination for real estate investors, developers, general tourists and surfers looking for the...

01.03.09 | Nicaragua

BHN, the Burba Hotel Network, and Jim Burba, its President and CEO, a very well known and respected figure of the Hospitality Industry is actively...

19.11.07

New Companies Interested in Energy Distribution in Nicaragua The minister of Energy and Mines has announced that five foreign companies are...

13.07.09 | Nicaragua

Hotel Industry Outlook

It is right after lunch in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, July 7th, and some of the key players in the hospitality industry have been summoned by Jim Burba, President of Burba Hotel Network, for the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) 2009 Summer Update conference at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Their mission is to assess the present issues facing the hotel investment community and analyze the possible outlook for 2009, 2010 and 2011. Co-hosting the event is the powerful American Hotel & Lodging Association. Calvet & Associates participated in the conference, thanks to the new Global Webcast interactive service. The following points are the most important conclusions from this conference:

The situation is worse than the scenario presented back in January during the ALIS 2009 conference. Recuperation is now expected further into 2011 and 2012 with some exceptions.

· REVPAR (revenue per available room) was down -17.1% in 2009 and is expected to go down -3.7% in 2010 (signs of a
possible recovery). No decline in REVPAR is expected for 2010 and beyond.
· ADR (adjusted daily rate) has decreased substantially in all the markets and, in some cases, has plummeted more than -
32%. Inflation will work against the ADR recovery, so rate increases will have to be above inflation rates.
· During 2H 2007, high ADR compensated for losses in demand. When ADR also came down, hotels started to experience the
crisis.
· Demand is down between 4.1% and 8%.
· There are exceptions. Today’s analysis has to be done on a per location basis.
· During the 2000-2001 crises, demand was down 5.1%, but supply was up 3%. It is estimated that the present recovery will
create better results, as supply is below the historical levels.
· The luxury market has been hurt the most. Recovery is expected to be seen first on the medium level market. Luxury market’s
REVPAR was down -27.9%, compared to -16.5% for the medium level products and -14.2% for the economy levels. However,
no segment has shown signs of stabilization.
· Group rates have also been the most affected, compared to transient guest rates. In general, rate differential is narrowing
between these two major categories.
· NOI (net operating income) is down 137% for a typical U.S. hotel.
· Recovery is expected only by 2011, but will be strong based on new demand and small growth in supply during 2009-2011.
Some areas will see recovery signs in the second half of 2010.
· Unemployment figures have an important correlation with hotel indicators.

13.07.09

the PKF Consulting-Hospitality Research projections