Deloitte: Mideast Hotels Doing Better Than Most

Rob O’Hanlon, tourism, hospitality, and leisure partner for Deloitte in the Middle East, said “It’s been tough on a global basis, and the region has taken its share of the pain, but benchmarked against Europe and the Americas, the Middle East is still in very comfortable territory.” Hotel occupancy rates in the Middle East were also higher at 61.5 percent, compared to 59.5 percent in Asia Pacific, and 56.9 percent in the Americas. O’Hanlon said that although Dubai’s average daily room rate fell 23.8 percent to $228.87 in 2009, this is still the second highest in the world.