England Hotel Market Report

Hotels in England aim to open again on the 17th May 2021

UK international travel continues to be heavily influenced by safety regulations

The current UK travel restrictions for arrivals from “red zone” countries have severely impacted international travel.

With hotels in England opening up again on the 17th May, we’re seeing an upturn in hotel searches, and anticipate domestic travel to recover first.

Flight search volumes continue to be low due to strict border regime

Whilst the stay at home restrictions are in place in the UK, you are only allowed to travel abroad if you have a legally permitted reason.

Once the roadmap to exiting lockdown was announced,
hotel searches immediately increased

Multiple news channels published the articles about Pride in Manchester on 26th of February, which is reflected below.

Manchester shows a huge spike in searches with the announcement that Manchester Pride will take place in August.

Hotel OTA and meta search lead time evolution for Manchester

People are looking ahead 90+ days to book their accommodation in hopes of summer events taking place this year.

Hotel lead time searches show the majority of people are searching beyond the hotel opening date of May 17th.