H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT and HKEX: 1179) last week announced preliminary results for hotel operations in the third quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Business update
For the Legacy-Huazhu business, our RevPAR in Q3 2023 recovered to 129% of the 2019 level, supported by the strong travel demand. Breaking down into monthly numbers, our RevPAR in July, August and September 2023 recovered to 132%, 128% and 128% of the 2019 levels, respectively. While the RevPAR growth continued to be primarily driven by ADR growth, the occupancy rate recovery also improved sequentially this quarter. In Q3 2023, our hotel openings picked up with a gross openings of 545 hotels, and our hotel closures amounted to 139 hotels.
Steigenberger Hotels GmbH and its subsidiaries (“DH”, or “Legacy-DH”) continued its promising business recovery trend and its RevPAR recovered to 107% of the 2019 level.
Operating Results: Legacy-Huazhu(1)
| Number of hotels | Number of rooms | ||||||||||
| Opened in Q3 2023 | Closed (2) in Q3 2023 | Net added in Q3 2023 | As of September 30, 2023 | As of September 30, 2023 | |||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 4 | (12 | ) | (8 | ) | 608 | 87,026 | ||||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 541 | (127 | ) | 414 | 8,420 | 772,258 | |||||
| Total | 545 | (139 | ) | 406 | 9,028 | 859,284 | |||||
| (1) Legacy-Huazhu refers to H World and its subsidiaries, excluding DH. (2) The reasons for hotel closures mainly included non-compliance with our brand standards, operating losses, and property-related issues. In Q3 2023, we temporarily closed 8 hotels for brand upgrade or business model change purposes. | |||||||||||
| As of September 30, 2023 | ||||
| Number of hotels | Unopened hotels in pipeline | |||
| Economy hotels | 4,992 | 1,084 | ||
| Leased and owned hotels | 334 | 1 | ||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 4,658 | 1,083 | ||
| Midscale, upper-midscale hotels and others | 4,036 | 1,851 | ||
| Leased and owned hotels | 274 | 14 | ||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 3,762 | 1,837 | ||
| Total | 9,028 | 2,935 | ||
| For the quarter ended | ||||||||
| September 30, | June 30, | September 30, | yoy | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | change | |||||
| Average daily room rate (in RMB) | ||||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 294 | 384 | 406 | 38.1 | % | |||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 248 | 295 | 314 | 26.4 | % | |||
| Blended | 254 | 305 | 324 | 27.7 | % | |||
| Occupancy rate (as a percentage) | ||||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 73.1 | % | 83.6 | % | 87.8 | % | +14.7 p.p. | |
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 76.4 | % | 81.6 | % | 85.7 | % | +9.2 p.p. | |
| Blended | 76.0 | % | 81.8 | % | 85.9 | % | +9.8 p.p. | |
| RevPAR (in RMB) | ||||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 215 | 321 | 356 | 65.8 | % | |||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 190 | 241 | 269 | 41.7 | % | |||
| Blended | 193 | 250 | 278 | 44.3 | % | |||
| For the quarter ended | ||||||
| September 30, | September 30, | yoy | ||||
| 2019 | 2023 | change | ||||
| Average daily room rate (in RMB) | ||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 288 | 406 | 41.0 | % | ||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 235 | 314 | 33.4 | % | ||
| Blended | 245 | 324 | 32.1 | % | ||
| Occupancy rate (as a percentage) | ||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 90.0 | % | 87.8 | % | -2.3 p.p. | |
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 87.2 | % | 85.7 | % | -1.5 p.p. | |
| Blended | 87.7 | % | 85.9 | % | -1.8 p.p. | |
| RevPAR (in RMB) | ||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 259 | 356 | 37.5 | % | ||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 205 | 269 | 31.1 | % | ||
| Blended | 215 | 278 | 29.4 | % | ||
Same-hotel operational data by classMature hotels in operation for more than 18 months
| Number of hotels | Same-hotel RevPAR | Same-hotel ADR | Same-hotel Occupancy | |||||||||||||||||||
| As of September 30, | For the quarter ended September 30, | yoy change | For the quarter ended September 30, | yoychange | For the quarterended September 30, | yoy change (p.p.) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Economy hotels | 3,669 | 3,669 | 154 | 216 | 40.1 | % | 192 | 247 | 28.8 | % | 80.3 | % | 87.3 | % | +7.1 | |||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 322 | 322 | 167 | 263 | 57.7 | % | 213 | 295 | 38.9 | % | 78.4 | % | 89.0 | % | +10.6 | |||||||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 3,347 | 3,347 | 152 | 209 | 37.3 | % | 189 | 240 | 26.9 | % | 80.5 | % | 87.1 | % | +6.6 | |||||||
| Midscale, upper-midscale hotels and others | 2,797 | 2,797 | 244 | 343 | 41.0 | % | 325 | 399 | 22.5 | % | 74.8 | % | 86.1 | % | +11.3 | |||||||
| Leased and owned hotels | 254 | 254 | 270 | 439 | 62.5 | % | 390 | 504 | 29.1 | % | 69.2 | % | 87.1 | % | +17.9 | |||||||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 2,543 | 2,543 | 240 | 329 | 37.3 | % | 317 | 383 | 20.8 | % | 75.7 | % | 86.0 | % | +10.3 | |||||||
| Total | 6,466 | 6,466 | 199 | 281 | 41.1 | % | 257 | 324 | 26.2 | % | 77.5 | % | 86.7 | % | +9.2 | |||||||
Operating Results: Legacy-DH(3)
| Number of hotels | Number of rooms | Unopened hotels in pipelineAs of September 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Opened in Q3 2023 | Closed in Q3 2023 | Net added in Q3 2023 | As of September 30, 2023(4) | As of September 30, 2023 | ||||||||
| Leased hotels | 2 | - | 2 | 82 | 15,961 | 24 | ||||||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | - | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | 47 | 10,511 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 2 | (1 | ) | 1 | 129 | 26,472 | 35 | |||||
| (3) Legacy-DH refers to DH. (4) As of September 30, 2023, a total of 3 hotels were temporarily closed due to repair work. | ||||||||||||
| For the quarter ended | ||||||||
| September 30, | June 30, | September 30, | yoy | |||||
| 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | change | |||||
| Average daily room rate (in EUR) | ||||||||
| Leased hotels | 113 | 119 | 113 | 0.0 | % | |||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 116 | 112 | 116 | 0.3 | % | |||
| Blended | 114 | 117 | 114 | 0.1 | % | |||
| Occupancy rate (as a percentage) | ||||||||
| Leased hotels | 67.4 | % | 69.4 | % | 71.4 | % | +4.0 p.p. | |
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 64.1 | % | 63.8 | % | 65.5 | % | +1.4 p.p. | |
| Blended | 66.1 | % | 67.1 | % | 69.0 | % | +2.9 p.p. | |
| RevPAR (in EUR) | ||||||||
| Leased hotels | 76 | 83 | 81 | 5.9 | % | |||
| Manachised and franchised hotels | 74 | 71 | 76 | 2.4 | % | |||
| Blended | 75 | 78 | 79 | 4.5 | % | |||
Hotel Portfolio by Brand
| As of September 30, 2023 | ||||||
| Hotels | Rooms | Unopened hotelsin pipeline | ||||
| in operation | ||||||
| Economy hotels | 5,007 | 405,226 | 1,097 | |||
| HanTing Hotel | 3,500 | 311,067 | 700 | |||
| Hi Inn | 461 | 24,272 | 180 | |||
| Ni Hao Hotel | 247 | 18,369 | 181 | |||
| Elan Hotel | 561 | 27,244 | 1 | |||
| Ibis Hotel | 223 | 22,541 | 22 | |||
| Zleep Hotels | 15 | 1,733 | 13 | |||
| Midscale hotels | 3,329 | 359,600 | 1,432 | |||
| Ibis Styles Hotel | 98 | 9,893 | 29 | |||
| Starway Hotel | 636 | 54,705 | 229 | |||
| JI Hotel | 1,980 | 229,990 | 890 | |||
| Orange Hotel | 615 | 65,012 | 284 | |||
| Upper midscale hotels | 663 | 94,523 | 369 | |||
| Crystal Orange Hotel | 175 | 22,876 | 108 | |||
| CitiGO Hotel | 35 | 5,301 | 3 | |||
| Manxin Hotel | 127 | 11,994 | 70 | |||
| Madison Hotel | 80 | 10,447 | 57 | |||
| Mercure Hotel | 157 | 25,907 | 56 | |||
| Novotel Hotel | 21 | 5,415 | 18 | |||
| IntercityHotel(5) | 59 | 11,326 | 53 | |||
| MAXX(6) | 9 | 1,257 | 4 | |||
| Upscale hotels | 132 | 20,789 | 64 | |||
| Jaz in the City | 3 | 587 | 1 | |||
| Joya Hotel | 7 | 1,234 | - | |||
| Blossom House | 59 | 2,750 | 51 | |||
| Grand Mercure Hotel | 9 | 1,823 | 3 | |||
| Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts(7) | 54 | 14,395 | 9 | |||
| Luxury hotels | 16 | 2,360 | 2 | |||
| Steigenberger Icon(8) | 9 | 1,847 | 1 | |||
| Song Hotels | 7 | 513 | 1 | |||
| Others | 10 | 3,258 | 6 | |||
| Other hotels(9) | 10 | 3,258 | 6 | |||
| Total | 9,157 | 885,756 | 2,970 | |||
| (5) As of September 30, 2023, 6 operational hotels and 41 pipeline hotels of IntercityHotel were in China. (6) As of September 30, 2023, 4 operational hotels and 4 pipeline hotels of MAXX were in China. (7) As of September 30, 2023, 11 operational hotels and 3 pipeline hotels of Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts were in China. (8) As of September 30, 2023, 3 operational hotels of Steigenberger Icon were in China. (9) Other hotels include other partner hotels and other hotel brands in Yongle Huazhu Hotel & Resort Group (excluding Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts and Blossom House). | ||||||
About H World Group Limited
Originated in China, H World Group Limited is a key player in the global hotel industry. As of September 30, 2023, H World operated 9,157 hotels with 885,756 rooms in operation in 18 countries. H World’s brands include Hi Inn, Elan Hotel, HanTing Hotel, JI Hotel, Starway Hotel, Orange Hotel, Crystal Orange Hotel, Manxin Hotel, Madison Hotel, Joya Hotel, Blossom House, Ni Hao Hotel, CitiGO Hotel, Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts, MAXX, Jaz in the City, IntercityHotel, Zleep Hotels, Steigenberger Icon and Song Hotels. In addition, H World also has the rights as master franchisee for Mercure, Ibis and Ibis Styles, and co-development rights for Grand Mercure and Novotel, in the pan-China region.
