Global hotel investment activity resilient despite economic uncertainty

Hotel investors expressed a strengthened appetite as fundamentals continue to recover, with 20 percent of investors indicating they will deploy between $501 million to $1 billion-plus worth of capital into the hospitality sector, up from 7 percent of investors in 2021 and 16 percent in 2020. This is the highest proportion of investors wishing to deploy this level of capital since the pandemic started, according to JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group’s latest Global Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey.

This year’s survey showed London, Tokyo and Boston emerged as the top three markets for hotel investment, pointing to the resurgence of investor interest in urban markets. During the next six months, 57 percent of investors anticipate the best investment opportunities to emerge across more traditional hospitality property types, including full-service and select-