A Difficult Year Comes to a Close…
The tourism industry faced significant challenges during 2009. A continued decline in US visitation, due to the border crossing and economic issues, combined with a downturn in domestic travel, caused a serious...
A Tough Year Comes to a Close
Nanaimo tourism industry took a beating during 2009 from a variety of pressures, including: the US and Canadian economy, continued decline in the US market due to the border crossing issues, and...
Hotels Struggling
Nanaimo hotels’ performance has been dismal throughout the past six months with severe pressure on occupancy and average daily rate. The previously strong domestic market has slowed and the US market is a long way from ...
Hotel Performance Poor Despite Good Weather
Great weather and strong results for the BC Ferries did not help Nanaimo hotels with occupancy performance. As revenue per available room dropped $14.98 in September, BC Ferries saw...
Huge Average Room Rate Decline for August!
Hotel operators made brave efforts to prop up sagging room occupancies for August with deep discounting, but global economic events were too great and results were very poor. Weather conditions were outstanding.
A Rocky Year for Tourism!
Tourism operators can be forgiven for feeling battered and bruised this summer with challenges coming their way from every direction. The US market’s 20 year low, the Ministry’s absorption of Tourism...
Nanaimo Hotels Feel the Pain
Hotel occupancy and room rates continue to drop in Nanaimo due to the recession in the US and Canada. BC Ferry traffic counts continue to be down and recent airport stats have been ...
May Numbers Disappoint Hoteliers
Following a reasonably strong first quarter, May was quite disappointing for many Victoria hoteliers. Early indicators for June are stronger and optimism still exists for July and August, although room rate discounting has started. Weather...
