{"id":777043983,"date":"2026-06-24T07:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777043983"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:58:03","slug":"macau-hotel-sector-remains-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-sector-remains-steady","title":{"rendered":"Macau hotel room rates remain steady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Average five-star room rates held firm in May despite a slight decline in occupancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Average room rates at five-star hotels in Macau remained unchanged year-on-year in May despite a modest decline in occupancy levels.\u00a0According to data compiled by the Macau Hotel Association<\/strong> and published by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO)<\/strong>, the average rate was MOP1,555.7 (US$192.6). Occupancy was down by 2.4 percentage points at 92.3 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey showed softer pricing trends in other accommodation categories. Average room rates at four-star hotels<\/strong> fell 2.7 per cent year-on-year to MOP1,117.4, and that of three-star properties <\/strong>declined by 6.7 per cent to MOP891.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the January to May period, five-star hotels had an average room rate of MOP1,534.3 (US$189.9) and occupancy of 94.3 per cent, with the room rate unchanged and occupancy down 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. Room rates remain below pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey collected data from 49 association-member hotels, 28 of which are five-star properties. Most are at casino resort complexes. The remaining members, in either the four-star or three-star category, include some hotels at casino resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC)<\/strong> reported that the number of visitor arrivals to Macau in May increased by 3.4 per cent<\/a> year-on-year to 3,487,994. Same-day visitors (2,149,311) rose by 7.9 per cent year-on-year, while overnight visitors (1,338,683) dropped by 3 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Public Security Police Force<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that the cumulative number of visitor arrivals to Macau in 2026 surpassed\u00a020 million\u00a0on June 20<\/a>, 18 days earlier than in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau visitor arrivals up 3.4% in May<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Average five-star room rates held firm in May despite a slight decline in occupancy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777028006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's five-star hotel sector maintained average room rates in May despite a marginal decline in occupancy, contrasting with softer pricing in lower-tier accommodations. Concurrently, overall visitor arrivals increased, primarily driven by same-day visitors, while overnight stays decreased, presenting a nuanced operational landscape for integrated resort non-gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Macau Hotel Association, Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), Public Security Police Force","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Non-Gaming EBITDA Impact?","query":"How do the observed hotel performance metrics and visitor mix shifts specifically influence the non-gaming EBITDA contribution and overall profitability of Macau's integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"Overnight Visitor Strategy?","query":"What strategic initiatives are integrated resort operators implementing to mitigate the decline in overnight visitors and enhance the yield from their accommodation and ancillary services?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,24930,257],"class_list":["post-777043983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-hospitality","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777043983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777044004,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777043983\/revisions\/777044004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777043983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777043983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777043983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}