Hotel operators across Asia Pacific expect profitability to remain steady and edge higher in 2026, even as global economic and geopolitical uncertainty continues to cast a shadow over the sector, according to JLL's latest Asia Pacific Hotel Operators' Sentiment Survey.
Investment in Asia Pacific hotels reached $4.7 billion in the first half of 2025, as investors concentrated on the region's most established markets, according to a new report from JLL.
According to Knight Frank's latest Prime Global Cities Index, the growth of prime residential property prices worldwide is slowly gaining momentum. The annual growth rate climbed in the final quarter of 2024, reaching 3.2%. Although this marks an improvement from the previous quarter, it remains below the 20-year average of 5.3%.
New data from global real estate consultancy JLL reveals a 23% year-on-year (YoY) increase in commercial real estate investment across Asia Pacific in 2024, totaling $131.3 billion and surpassing 2022 levels. Investment volumes in Q4 alone grew 10% YoY to $34.9 billion, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of YoY growth for the region.