Hoteliers expecting a record September
Hoteliers expect September to be another record month but October is still underperforming and might need some pushing," Tony Zahra, president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association said this afternoon.
He made his comment as the MHRA presented the findings of its survey on performance in the second quarter of this year.
Tourist figures have been reaching record levels since April after having dipped in the first part of the year.
The MHRA Deloitte survey showed that compared to last year, tourist arrivals went up by 3.6 per cent, guest nights went up by 11.4 per cent and tourist spending rose by 7.7 per cent
Hotel occupancy in five star hotels was 78.5 per cent, in four star hotels, 77 per cent, and in three star 73. 5 per cent.
Aircraft seat capacity did not increase in the summer months, but seat utilization improved which produced a record number of arrivals.
The report found an increase in room rates when compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the gross operating profit per available room improved in each of the three hotel categories.
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Nobby Dangler
Sep 13th 2012, 18:52
What with all the warnings we've been reading regarding the thunderstorms we are expecting this month, yes ofcourse all the tourists will be staying indoors and who can blame them, at the moment we are having better weather up north.
Dom.J. Bugejja
Sep 13th 2012, 19:07
Thats a very good point Nobby D, September is going to be rather unusal then any other september weather in the past, i hope the Hoteliers are giving away free umbrellas for the guests, they will sure need it as it will be pissing down sorry be raining cats and dogs like nobody's business and its good for us as we need the rain, and at the same time clean all the street of the summer dust, specially for the people that suffer with asthma and hayfever. So let it rain buddy, i'll make sure to stay indoors for the duration and as for the thunder storms hope we do not have any blackouts as we had last month's torrential rain that unfortunitly killed one person and damaged alot of property, are the hotels equipped if we are unlucky enough to have a repetetive thunderstoms. hope so for the tourist's sake.
Mr Stefan Kottmann-Soler
Sep 13th 2012, 22:17
M. Cachia - you speak as though Ryanair is in some form of advantaged position over Air Malta because 'Ryanair is subsidized via the state and Air Malta is not' or so your argument goes. I am certain that if Air Malta wanted to operate Ryanair's routes, it too would receive the subsidies. No? There is no such thing as a low cost carrier. All airlines are airlines and are treated the same. If there are incentives for any airline to service particular routes and develop new routes, and Ryanair took up the incentive and Air Malta did not, then good luck to Ryanair. If there is any airline which is advantaged, it is Air Malta, because our government doesn't want it to fail, and we cannot afford to let it fail, because if we want to move forward as a country, we must have good routes and be well connected to major destinations. So Both Air Malta and other 'low cost' carriers have very important roles for this country.
stephen mifsud
Sep 13th 2012, 17:20
well malta is still very expensive for the average jack or jill ... im happy things look good but u need to look ahead and not bury ur head in the sand ... be creative and offer better packages
tony abela
Sep 13th 2012, 16:38
Did the workers in the hotels had there work conditions improved? Or at least are they treated any better? I would say in some cases it could be yes, but in some others it went to worst.
Ask the workers involved.
R Mallia
Sep 13th 2012, 16:31
Mostly we need to thank Ryan Air.
Mario Muscat
Sep 13th 2012, 16:54
Agree 100%.Every Ryanair flight is fully booked. The more routes the more tourists that visit Malta. There are still a lot of European destinations that do not have direct flights to Malta. These should be given to the mentioned airline.
Peter Seebohm
Sep 13th 2012, 17:24
you are right Mr Mallia
73.5% in 3 Stars (local 3 Stars) cries for more RyanAir. Otherwise, the input for more RyanAir destinations is not really wrong, else, more destinations would mean, more money from the taxpayers feed to RyanAir.
Otherwise I agree AirMalta is too expensive.
And please, see this note with a laughing eye. I don´t like to discredit anybody, wherever he´s from.
I am not a restaurant owner :P
M. Cachia
Sep 13th 2012, 18:05
When I read such comments I convince myself further how short sighted are most people.
It is the Maltese Gov through the Maltese Tax Payer who is subsidising every singly passenger that Ryanair or for all it matters, any other LCC brings into Malta.
In case of Air Malta a total different story altogether! Notwithstanding it carrying more than 55% of all incoming traffic. The difference is that KM does all this under its own steam!
chris de leener
Sep 13th 2012, 20:59
Sorry, i fly with ryanair 3 times.
Never again.
Give me AIR MALTA.
It cost a little more bud the service is a lot better.
I come to Malta for a good time that my cost something.
Cheep flights are cheep tourist ho don't spend money.
Please choose the reason of your report below: