The Westin Denver International Airport<strong>Hotel</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong>A. INTRODUCTIONThe market <strong>and</strong> financial feasibility of a lodging facility is a direct function of thesupply <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> for hotel rooms within the market. Accordingly, an analysis ofthe local area lodging market is a key component of the financial process.Presented in this section is an overview of the overall Denver-Aurora area lodgingmarket, followed by a more detailed analysis of the competitive local hotel market ofthe proposed Subject. Based on this analysis, we have projected the occupancy,average daily room rate, <strong>and</strong> revenue per available room for the proposed WestinDenver International Airport for its first ten years of operation (2015 to 2024).B. NATIONAL MARKET OVERVIEWIn addition to <strong>PKF</strong> Consulting, our Firm contains a research division, <strong>PKF</strong>Hospitality Research. <strong>PKF</strong> Hospitality Research owns the database for Trends® inthe <strong>Hotel</strong> Industry, the statistical review of U.S. hotel operations which firstappeared in 1935 <strong>and</strong> has been published every year since. Beginning in 2007,<strong>PKF</strong> unveiled its powerful <strong>Hotel</strong> Horizons®, an economics-based hotel forecastingmodel that projects five years of supply, dem<strong>and</strong>, occupancy, ADR, <strong>and</strong> RevPARfor the U.S. lodging industry with a high degree of accuracy. <strong>Hotel</strong> Horizons ®reports are published on a quarterly basis for 50 markets <strong>and</strong> six national chainscales.Based on the June – August 2012 National Edition of <strong>Hotel</strong> Horizons® prepared by<strong>PKF</strong> Hospitality Research, in 2010 <strong>and</strong> 2011 the U.S. lodging market experiencedan increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) of 5.4 <strong>and</strong> 8.2 percent,respectively. As a point of comparison, the U.S. lodging market experienced adecline in RevPAR of 16.7 percent in 2009, the largest percentage decline since<strong>PKF</strong> Research began tracking lodging performance back in 1935. This significantdecline in RevPAR was a direct result of the severe national <strong>and</strong> global recessionwhich began in the fall of 2007 <strong>and</strong> lasted well into 2009. Further, this significantdecline in RevPAR resulted in an even greater decline in the net operating income(NOI) of hotels of nearly 40 percent, subsequently impacting hotel valuesthroughout the nation. <strong>PKF</strong> Hospitality Research is projecting RevPAR growth of5.8 percent in 2012 due to gains primarily in ADR. In 2013 <strong>and</strong> 2014, the overallU.S. lodging market is projected to achieve RevPAR growth of 6.6 <strong>and</strong> 7.8 percent,respectively. Thereafter, RevPAR growth is projected to taper to long-run averagerates.The proposed Subject can be identified in the upper upscale hotel segment. TheRevPAR for the U.S. upper upscale hotel segment experienced a decline inRevPAR of 17.2 percent, slightly above the decline for all U.S. hotels during thistime. RevPAR for this segment increased 5.9 percent in 2010 <strong>and</strong> 6.6 percent in2011. In 2012 <strong>and</strong> 2013, RevPAR is projected to increase 5.5 <strong>and</strong> 5.4 percent,IV-1
The Westin Denver International Airport<strong>Hotel</strong> <strong>Market</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong>respectively. Thereafter, RevPAR for the U.S upper upscale hotel segment isprojected to taper to long-run averages.C. DENVER LODGING MARKET1. OverviewThe greater Denver lodging market offers a variety of lodging options in allsegments of the market. Travelers have a diverse selection of accommodations.The region offers boutique, full-service, focus-service, limited-service, extendedstay,<strong>and</strong> economy hotels. The Denver lodging market incorporates the followingsubmarkets: Central <strong>Business</strong> District, North, Airport/East, West, South, <strong>and</strong>Englewood. The proposed Subject is located in the Airport/East submarket. Intotal, the greater Denver lodging market consists of 40,316 hotel rooms. Thefollowing table summarizes the supply of hotel rooms in each of the aforementionedsubmarkets.Denver Lodging <strong>Market</strong>Submarket SummaryUpper-Priced Lower-Priced TotalsSubmarket <strong>Hotel</strong>s Rooms%<strong>Market</strong> <strong>Hotel</strong>s Rooms%<strong>Market</strong> <strong>Hotel</strong>s Rooms%<strong>Market</strong>Central <strong>Business</strong> District 24 7,635 18.9% 21 1,653 4.1% 45 9,288 23.0%North 10 1,841 4.6% 23 2,355 5.8% 33 4,196 10.4%Airport/East 21 4,131 10.2% 62 7,620 18.9% 83 11,751 29.1%West 10 1,210 3.0% 32 2,899 7.2% 42 4,109 10.2%South 12 1,743 4.3% 37 3,102 7.7% 49 4,845 12.0%Englewood 16 3,574 8.9% 24 2,553 6.3% 40 6,127 15.2%Total 93 20,134 49.9% 199 20,182 50.1% 292 40,316 100.0%Source: <strong>PKF</strong> Hospitality Research <strong>and</strong> Smith Travel ResearchAs noted, the Airport/East submarket contains the largest supply of hotel roomsthroughout the greater Denver region with a total of 83 hotels, 62 of which arecategorized as lower-priced hotels, <strong>and</strong> 11,751 guestrooms (29.1 percent of theoverall market). The Central <strong>Business</strong> District (downtown Denver) contains 45hotels, 24 of which are categorized as upper-priced hotels, <strong>and</strong> 9,288 guestrooms(23.0 percent of the overall market). The West submarket, which includes the cityof Golden amongst others, contains the smallest supply of hotel rooms <strong>and</strong> amarket share of only 10.2 percent. A map outlining the different submarkets ispresented on the following page.IV-2