The Lagos hospitality market continues to exhibit healthy performance in terms of RevPAR and Average Daily Rates driven by business and leisure activities in Nigeria’s economic powerhouse. Notably, during a turbulent macroeconomic year, ADR grew by 34.96% YoY in 2023. As such, it remains an enticing market for hospitality investors as the most prominent market in Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of pipeline volume.

 

Despite having one of the highest pipeline percentages in 2023, we saw few hotel completions last year at 374 keys (Black Diamond Hotel and Delborough Lagos). This year, a supply of 826 keys is expected to be delivered according to data from W Hospitality Group. However, existing macroeconomic headwinds are likely to inhibit the delivery of new stock into the market.

 

Trevor Ward of W Hospitality Group notes that “the recovery and resilience of the Lagos hotel market is remarkable, it has outperformed most of the other cities globally, in terms of both demand and pricing. By the end of 2022, both ADR and RevPAR had surpassed pre-pandemic market performance.
Increased demand, and very little additional supply, have resulted in pricing power on behalf of hotel managers, with no great resistance from the market, as increasing prices across the board are a fact of life. 2023 ADR was about 35 per cent above the 2022 figure, well above inflation; at 2019 values the 2023 ADR is approximately 8 per cent higher than that achieved in 2019. We have not previously seen real increases in the ADR for over a decade. Looking forward, 2024 and 2025 promise to bring continued strong performance, with hardly any new hotels due to open.”

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