Bangkok (Thailand) – May 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The South East Asia Hotel Investors' Summit will take place for the third time in May and will once again bring together senior executives from hotel ownership groups and management companies who will address the challenges facing the regional hospitality industry.

In Thailand, the results of hotels, hostels, and serviced apartments have recovered significantly in recent years. Can this trend continue? Thai owners and developers of these properties face several challenges: • Slower growth in visitor numbers from China, particularly in Phuket • Declining occupancy rates in some Thai markets, especially in Samui and Krabi, and in the second half of the year in Phuket • The rapid growth of Vietnam as a competing destination • Competition from the sharing economy, as more private apartments enter the hotel market • The risk of rising debt costs as global monetary easing slows • Rising costs of attracting guests • The possibility of too many new hotels opening, which lowers occupancy rates and average prices – Bangkok alone needs 12,000 new rooms.

SEAHIS will investigate all these questions and seek solutions, with the participation of experts from the fields of hotel owners, operators, consultants, law firms and new economy players.

“Many hotel conferences shy away from openly addressing the real problems in order to avoid sensitive topics. At SEAHIS, however, we are convinced that our attendees want an open discussion about the future prospects of the hotel sector in Southeast Asia,” said Simon Allison, CEO of HOFTEL. “We have high-level executives who will provide valuable insights into how hotel owners and their key business partners can increase their profits.”

HOFTEL is the world's leading association of hotel real estate investors. It was specifically founded to represent the various hotel owners and give them a voice as an independent industry.

HOFTEL is an association and forum for hotel real estate companies that generate rental income or pay management fees, as well as for hotel franchisees who own and manage properties but outsource brand management and marketing to third parties. Its members include multinational corporations as well as individual hotel operators, institutional investors, private entrepreneurs, and asset managers.

To date, HOFTEL has members and subscribers with hotels and serviced apartments in approximately 35 countries, who together manage hotel properties worth around 100 billion US dollars.

Further information can be found at www.hoftel.com.