Canada hotel market report

2024 review and 2025 outlook

Westin Canada po

Westin Canada Portfolio

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  • Location: AB and ON
  • Client: Starwood Capital Group
  • Size: 1,430 rooms
  • Service Type: Investment sale

Leading global real estate investor, StarwoodCapital Group, hired us to facilitate the sale of this portfolio via conveyance of the separate tax efficient structures that owned each hotel. The opportunity allowed for the sale of individual assets or any combination. The portfolio included the Westin Ottawa (492 rooms) that garnered the most interest as an individual asset including a shared facility agreement. The other hotels included the Westin Calgary (522 rooms) and Westin Edmonton (416 rooms.)

It is vital that a high-profile hotel of this magnitude be widely marketed through the entire Avison Young global network. The importance of a well-run process proved extremely significant in hindsight of events that followed in early 2020.

Key highlights

1.

Significant stabilization

The Canadian hotel industry experienced a significant stabilization in 2024, as national occupancy levels returned to pre-pandemic norms

 

2.

$1.3 billion in hotel transactions

In 2024, major Canadian markets – including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal – recorded nearly $1.3 billion in hotel transactions, marking a 46% increase from the previous year and an 88% surge compared to 2019.
3.

Moderate growth in 2025

The market performance in 2025 is expected to reflect stabilized levels through the year with moderate growth in both ADR and occupancy.

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