U.S. hotels' China revenue tops pre-COVID levels, but international visitors lag

Asia expected to fuel recovery as Western travel demand levels off

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Cross-border travel into China still has room to recover, Marriott says. © Reuters

JACK STONE TRUITT, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Revenue in China for the top three U.S. hotel groups has exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time, raising hopes that Asia will drive growth for the rest of 2023.

Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt logged higher revenue per available room -- a key industry metric known as RevPAR -- in China for the second quarter of 2023 than for the same period in 2019.

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