Year-end Trading Update

PPHE Hotel Group, the international hospitality real estate group which develops, owns and operates hotels and resorts, announces a trading update in advance of the Group's results for the year ended 31 December 2024 ("2024"), which are due to be announced on 27 February 2025.

Highlights

• The Group's 2024 total revenue and EBITDA is expected to be in line with market expectations 1 .
• Trading momentum in Q3 continued into Q4, with like-for-like 2 room revenue growth in Q4 of 2.6% and like-for-like 2 RevPAR growth of 2.5%, which reflected a stronger performance in the UK and occupancy growth in the quarter vs Q4 2023 across all operating markets.
• Reported Group room revenue was up 5.7% at £317.2 million (2023: £300.1 million), including revenue from recent openings of art'otel London Hoxton and art'otel Zagreb.
• On a like-for-like 2 basis, Group room revenue grew by 2.1% to £306.4 million, which reflected growth in all operating markets apart from the UK where room revenue was stable. Like-for-like 2 room revenue growth outside the UK was achieved despite the weaker Euro 3 in 2024, which accounts for approximately 40% of revenue.
• Reported RevPAR was flat at £120.3 (2023: £120.7), which reflected the impact of the phased openings of the new hotels. Like-for-like 2 RevPAR increased 1.0% to £122.0 (2023: £120.7).
• This like-for-like 2 RevPAR performance was driven by a sustained increase in occupancy throughout the year, with like-for-like 2 occupancy at 75.8% (2023: 72.4%). These occupancy increases were achieved across all operating markets, with Germany showing the most notable increase.
• Like-for-like 2 average room rate was 3.6% lower at £160.8 (2023: £166.8) as rates continue to stabilise.
• External property valuations received in December 2024, included art'otel London Hoxton for the first time, were marginally above 2023 levels. These valuations will be disclosed and incorporated in the Group's EPRA NRV (2023: EPRA NRV per share: £26.72), which will be reported in the 2024 Annual Results, due on 27 February 2025.
• The Group continues to make good strategic progress to deliver its £300m+ development pipeline. The phased opening of art'otel London Hoxton is nearly complete and the repositioning of art'otel Rome Piazza Sallustio is in its final stages with the hotel opening in early March 2025.

Commenting on the results, Greg Hegarty, Co-Chief Executive Officer, PPHE Hotel Group said:

"2024 was another exciting year for PPHE Hotel Group as we delivered on our £300+ million development pipeline. The year has seen the full opening of Radisson RED Belgrade, Radisson RED Berlin Kudamm and art'otel Zagreb and the soft opening of our flagship art'otel London Hoxton, all with excellent customer feedback. We look forward to welcoming guests to art'otel Rome Piazza Sallustio, our first hotel in Italy from early March.

We continued to rebuild occupancy, grow revenue and successfully manage ongoing cost pressures. As new hotels fully open, mature and stabilise, we expect occupancy and RevPAR to progressively build, adding significant incremental EBITDA to the Group."

1 As at 31 December 2024, PPHE compiled analyst consensus forecast range for 2024 showed a revenue range of £429.1 million to £446 million and an EBITDA range of £136.0 million to £138.1 million.

2 The like-for-like figures exclude the 2024 results of art'otel London Hoxton and the results of art'otel Zagreb for the first ten months of 2024.

3 In 2024, the average exchange rate from Euro to Pound Sterling declined by 2.9%.