Resilience and Recovery Efforts
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples showed minimal water intrusion and reopened 7 days after power restoration due to enhanced resilience investments. Thanksgiving and festive revenue pace for 3 Maui resorts is up over 35% and over 65%, respectively.
Robust Transaction Activity
Acquired $1.5 billion of real estate at a blended 13.6x EBITDA multiple, performing in line with underwriting expectations. A focus on opportunistic acquisitions and potential market testing for noncore assets.
Strong Out-of-Room Revenue
Total RevPAR growth outpaced RevPAR growth, with food and beverage revenue up 6%, and banquet and catering revenue achieving the strongest third quarter in Host's history.
Group Booking Improvements
For full year 2024, 4.2 million definite group room nights on the books, with total group revenue pace up by approximately 5% compared to the previous year.
Significant Liquidity and Shareholder Returns
Repurchased 3.5 million shares worth $57 million in the quarter, maintaining $2.3 billion in total available liquidity.