Hotel NOI in Japan: From Revenue and GOP to Property Value

Hotel investors frequently talk about ADR, occupancy, RevPAR, GOP and NOI.

These metrics are related, but they measure different parts of a hotel’s economics.

For real estate investors, the distinction is particularly important.

A hotel can generate impressive room revenue without producing equally attractive cash flow for the property owner. Likewise, two hotels with similar RevPAR can have very different operating margins and real estate values.

Understanding hotel NOI in Japan therefore requires following the flow of money from the guest room all the way to the income attributable to the hotel real estate.

A simplified framework looks like this:

Rooms Available → Occupancy + ADR → Room Revenue → Total Hotel Revenue → Operating Expenses → GOP → Owner-Level Expenses → NOI → Property Value

This guide explains each stage and shows how hotel operating performance ultimately connects to real estate valuation.

Why Hotel NOI Is Different From Ordinary Rental Property NOI

For a conventional office or residential investment property, the route from revenue to NOI is relatively intuitive.

The owner receives rent and other property income, deducts relevant operating expenses, and arrives at net operating income.

A hotel is different because the underlying property supports an operating hospitality business.

Guests do not normally pay rent to the building owner.

They purchase hotel rooms and other services from the hotel business.

That business generates revenue and incurs operating expenses before the economics ultimately reach the real estate owner.

This creates several layers of financial performance that investors need to distinguish.

Metric	What It Measures
ADR	Average room rate achieved on occupied rooms
Occupancy	Percentage of available rooms sold
RevPAR	Room revenue generated per available room
Total Revenue	Room revenue plus other hotel revenue
GOP	Hotel operating profit before certain owner-level and other costs
NOI	Income attributable to the real estate after relevant property-level expenses, subject to the definition used in the transaction

The terminology used in individual hotel financial statements, appraisals and transaction materials can vary.

Investors should therefore confirm exactly how each metric is defined rather than assuming that every seller, operator or appraiser calculates it identically.

Step 1: Start With Available Rooms

The basic revenue-generating inventory of a hotel is its available guest rooms.

Consider a hypothetical 100-room hotel operating throughout a 365-day year.

The hotel has:

100 rooms × 365 days = 36,500 available room nights

If the hotel achieves 80% occupancy:

36,500 × 80% = 29,200 occupied room nights

This provides the foundation for calculating room revenue.

Step 2: Understand ADR

ADR stands for Average Daily Rate.

It measures the average room revenue generated for each occupied room.

A simplified formula is:

ADR = Room Revenue ÷ Rooms Sold

If our hypothetical hotel sells 29,200 room nights at an average rate of ¥30,000:

29,200 × ¥30,000 = ¥876 million annual room revenue

The hotel’s ADR is therefore ¥30,000.

ADR is an important measure of pricing power.

But ADR alone tells investors very little about the overall profitability of the hotel.

A hotel can achieve a high ADR while suffering from weak occupancy.

Step 3: Occupancy Matters Just as Much

Occupancy measures the percentage of available rooms that are sold.

The simplified formula is:

Occupancy = Rooms Sold ÷ Rooms Available

A hotel with a ¥50,000 ADR but only 40% occupancy may generate less room revenue than a hotel with a ¥30,000 ADR and 80% occupancy.

This is why hotel investors generally consider ADR and occupancy together rather than focusing on either metric in isolation.

Step 4: RevPAR Combines ADR and Occupancy

RevPAR stands for Revenue Per Available Room.

It is one of the most widely used hotel performance metrics because it combines room pricing and occupancy.

RevPAR can be calculated in two equivalent ways:

RevPAR = Room Revenue ÷ Available Rooms

or:

RevPAR = ADR × Occupancy

Using our hypothetical hotel:

¥30,000 ADR × 80% occupancy = ¥24,000 RevPAR

Annual room revenue can therefore also be calculated as:

36,500 available room nights × ¥24,000 RevPAR = ¥876 million

Why RevPAR Is Useful — and Why It Is Not Enough

RevPAR allows investors to compare room-revenue performance more effectively than ADR or occupancy alone.

But RevPAR still measures revenue rather than profit.

Two hotels can achieve identical RevPAR while producing very different cash flows.

Consider two 100-room hotels:

	Hotel A	Hotel B
ADR	¥30,000	¥30,000
Occupancy	80%	80%
RevPAR	¥24,000	¥24,000

At first glance, their room performance is identical.

But Hotel A may operate with a lean staffing model and limited food and beverage facilities.

Hotel B may operate restaurants, bars, banquet facilities, a spa and extensive guest services.

The two properties can therefore have very different expense structures.

Identical RevPAR does not mean identical GOP or NOI.

Step 5: Move From Room Revenue to Total Hotel Revenue

Room revenue may represent the largest source of income for many hotels, but it is not necessarily the only source.

Other hotel revenue can include:

• Food and beverage
• Restaurants and bars
• Banquets
• Meeting rooms
• Spa and wellness
• Parking
• Laundry
• Other guest services

The importance of these revenue streams varies dramatically by hotel type.

A limited-service urban hotel may derive most of its revenue from rooms.

A large luxury hotel can operate multiple restaurants, bars, banquet rooms, spas and other facilities.

A resort may generate meaningful revenue from food and beverage, leisure activities and other services.

This makes comparisons based solely on room revenue potentially misleading.

Step 6: From Hotel Revenue to GOP

The next major concept is Gross Operating Profit, or GOP.

In simplified terms, GOP represents hotel revenue after deducting operating expenses associated with running the hotel, before certain fixed, ownership-level and other expenses.

A simplified hotel operating statement might look like:

Room Revenue
+ Food & Beverage Revenue
+ Other Hotel Revenue
= Total Hotel Revenue

Then:

Total Hotel Revenue
− Departmental Expenses
− Undistributed Operating Expenses
= Gross Operating Profit (GOP)

Actual hotel accounting presentations can be considerably more detailed.

The key point for real estate investors is that GOP is not the same as property NOI.

What Is the GOP Margin?

Investors can also examine the hotel’s GOP margin.

The simplified calculation is:

GOP Margin = GOP ÷ Total Hotel Revenue

Suppose our hypothetical hotel generates:

Total Hotel Revenue: ¥1.0 billion

and:

GOP: ¥400 million

The GOP margin is:

¥400 million ÷ ¥1.0 billion = 40%

This means 40% of hotel revenue remains as GOP after the operating expenses included above that line.

GOP margin can provide useful insight into operating efficiency, but comparisons should be made between reasonably similar hotel formats.

A limited-service hotel and a luxury full-service hotel can have fundamentally different operating models.

Why Apartment-Style Hotels Can Have Different Cost Structures

Apartment-style hotels and other group-oriented accommodation formats provide a useful example of why operating structure matters.

A property with larger rooms, kitchens, limited food and beverage facilities and technology-enabled operations may have a different cost structure from a traditional full-service hotel.

Potential differences can include:

• Lower reliance on restaurant operations
• Different housekeeping frequency
• Different staffing requirements
• Higher average guests per occupied room
• Longer average stays

But these characteristics do not automatically produce higher profitability.

Larger rooms reduce the number of keys that can be created within a given building area, while kitchens and other in-room facilities can increase development and replacement costs.

Investors therefore need to evaluate both revenue per room and revenue or profit relative to the amount of real estate required to generate it.

For more on this segment, see Apartment Hotels in Japan: An Investment Guide to Aparthotels & Extended-Stay Hotels.

GOP Is Where Hotel Operations Begin to Connect With Real Estate

ADR, occupancy and RevPAR primarily describe the performance of the hotel rooms business.

GOP takes the analysis further by incorporating operating expenses.

But a property investor still needs to move further down the income statement.

Between GOP and the cash flow ultimately attributed to the hotel real estate, there can be several additional items.

Depending on the property and operating structure, these may include:

• Management fees
• Insurance
• Property taxes
• FF&E reserves or replacement expenditure
• Other owner-level expenses

Understanding these items is essential before applying a capitalization rate to hotel income.

A cap rate should be applied to an appropriately defined property income measure — not simply to hotel revenue or GOP.

Step 7: From GOP to Owner-Level Cash Flow

GOP is an important measure of hotel operating performance, but it is not necessarily the income available to the property owner.

Additional expenses can sit below GOP.

Depending on the hotel and contractual structure, these may include:

• Hotel management fees
• Property taxes
• Insurance
• FF&E reserves or replacement expenditure
• Other property-level expenses

The exact presentation varies between hotels, operators, appraisals and transaction materials.

This is why investors should not assume that a figure labeled “GOP” can simply be capitalized to determine the value of the real estate.

Hotel Management Fees

When a hotel is operated under a hotel management agreement, the owner generally pays the operator according to the terms of the agreement.

Management fees can include different components.

A simplified structure might contain:

• A base management fee linked to hotel revenue
• An incentive management fee linked to profitability
• Other system, marketing, reservation or related fees

The actual fee structure depends on the individual agreement.

For investors, the important question is not simply whether the operator is producing a high GOP.

It is:

How much sustainable cash flow remains for the owner after the contractual economics of operating the hotel are taken into account?

For more on hotel operating agreements, see Hotel Operators in Japan: Leases & Management Agreements.

Property Taxes and Insurance

Hotel real estate is also subject to expenses associated with ownership of the property itself.

In Japan, these can include fixed asset tax and city planning tax, depending on the property and location.

Property insurance is another owner-level consideration.

The allocation of individual costs between property owner, tenant and operator depends on the contractual structure.

Investors should therefore examine actual transaction documents rather than relying on a generic hotel NOI formula.

FF&E: One of the Most Important Hotel Investment Costs

FF&E stands for Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment.

It can include items such as:

• Beds and furniture
• Televisions
• Guest-room equipment
• Restaurant furniture and equipment
• Carpets and interior items
• Operational equipment

Hotels generally require ongoing refurbishment because guests directly experience the physical condition of the property.

A room that appears dated can affect guest reviews, ADR and competitive positioning even if the building itself remains structurally sound.

This makes future FF&E expenditure particularly important when underwriting a hotel acquisition.

FF&E Reserve vs Actual Capital Expenditure

Investors should distinguish between an accounting or underwriting reserve for future FF&E replacement and the actual cash expenditure required when refurbishment occurs.

A reserve can help reflect the recurring economic cost of maintaining the hotel’s competitive position.

But actual renovation expenditure can be uneven.

A hotel may require relatively little expenditure for several years and then require a substantial renovation program.

Investors should therefore examine both:

Normalized annual replacement requirements

and:

Expected actual capital expenditure during the investment period.

A Simplified Hotel P&L Example

Consider a hypothetical 100-room urban hotel in Japan.

The following example is deliberately simplified and is intended to illustrate the relationship between hotel operations and real estate income rather than represent a standard accounting format.

Item	Annual Amount
Room Revenue	¥876 million
Other Hotel Revenue	¥124 million
Total Hotel Revenue	¥1.00 billion
Hotel Operating Expenses	(¥600 million)
GOP	¥400 million
Management / Other Relevant Fees	(¥40 million)
Property Taxes & Insurance	(¥35 million)
Normalized FF&E / Replacement Allowance	(¥25 million)
Illustrative Property NOI	¥300 million

In this simplified example:

Hotel Revenue = ¥1.00 billion

GOP = ¥400 million

Illustrative Property NOI = ¥300 million

This demonstrates why the three figures should never be treated as interchangeable.

From NOI to Hotel Property Value

Once an investor has determined an appropriate stabilized NOI, that income can be connected to real estate valuation.

A simplified direct-capitalization approach is:

Property Value = Stabilized NOI ÷ Capitalization Rate

If the hypothetical hotel generates stabilized NOI of ¥300 million and an investor applies a 4.0% capitalization rate:

¥300 million ÷ 4.0% = ¥7.5 billion

At a 4.5% capitalization rate:

¥300 million ÷ 4.5% ≈ ¥6.67 billion

At a 5.0% capitalization rate:

¥300 million ÷ 5.0% = ¥6.0 billion

The example illustrates how both NOI and the required capitalization rate influence hotel value.

For more on hotel cap rates, see Hotel Cap Rates in Japan: Tokyo, Osaka & Kyoto.

Small Changes in NOI Can Have a Large Effect on Value

Hotel real estate values can be sensitive to changes in stabilized income.

Assume the capitalization rate remains 4.0%.

Stabilized NOI	Illustrative Value at 4.0%
¥250 million	¥6.25 billion
¥300 million	¥7.50 billion
¥350 million	¥8.75 billion

A ¥50 million change in stabilized annual NOI produces a ¥1.25 billion change in indicated value at a 4.0% capitalization rate.

This helps explain why hotel investors spend considerable time analyzing the sustainability of revenue and operating margins.

Small differences in assumptions can have substantial consequences for acquisition pricing.

Why Buyers Normalize Hotel NOI

The most recent 12 months of hotel income are not necessarily the best representation of sustainable future performance.

Investors may adjust reported results to derive a normalized or stabilized NOI.

Potential adjustments can relate to:

• One-time revenue
• Temporary closures
• Renovation periods
• Opening ramp-up
• Unusually strong event demand
• Temporary staffing conditions
• Non-recurring expenses
• Expected changes in management fees
• Normalized FF&E requirements

Normalization should not simply be used to make weak performance look better.

Every adjustment should have a defensible economic rationale.

Trailing NOI vs Forward NOI

Investors may encounter both historical and forward-looking income measures.

Trailing NOI reflects actual historical performance over a defined period.

Forward or stabilized NOI reflects an estimate of future sustainable performance.

The distinction becomes particularly important for:

• Newly opened hotels
• Hotels recovering from renovation
• Repositioned properties
• Hotels experiencing rapidly changing ADR
• Development-stage acquisitions

A newly opened hotel may have low trailing NOI because it has not yet reached normal occupancy.

Valuing it solely on historical income could therefore understate its stabilized potential.

But relying entirely on aggressive future assumptions can create the opposite problem.

Professional underwriting generally requires investors to understand both actual performance and the assumptions supporting future performance.

Hotel NOI Under a Fixed Lease

The relationship between hotel operations and owner NOI changes significantly when the property is leased to a hotel operator.

Under a simplified fixed-rent structure:

Hotel Operations → Hotel Tenant → Contractual Rent → Property Owner

The property owner’s immediate income may therefore be driven more directly by contractual rent than by monthly fluctuations in ADR or occupancy.

This does not mean hotel performance becomes irrelevant.

If the hotel business cannot sustainably support the rent, tenant credit risk can eventually become an issue.

Investors should therefore analyze both:

Property-level rental income

and:

The underlying hotel’s ability to support that rent.

Hotel NOI Under a Variable Lease

Under a variable lease, some or all of the owner’s rent is linked to hotel performance.

The contractual formula can vary significantly.

Rent may be linked to revenue, profitability or another agreed measure.

This can create greater participation in hotel upside while also increasing exposure to weaker operating periods.

For investors, it is important to understand exactly where the variable-rent calculation sits within the hotel’s financial performance.

A percentage of revenue creates a different risk profile from a payment linked to operating profit.

Hotel NOI Under a Management Agreement

Under a hotel management agreement, the owner generally retains greater exposure to hotel operations.

The operator manages the hotel and receives contractual fees, while the owner’s economic outcome depends more directly on the hotel’s revenue and expenses.

This can provide greater upside when hotel performance improves.

It can also expose the owner more directly to declines in occupancy, ADR or operating margins.

The same physical hotel can therefore produce a very different real estate investment profile depending on whether it is subject to a fixed lease, variable lease or management agreement.

Why the Same Hotel Can Have Different NOI for Different Owners

NOI is not determined only by the physical hotel.

The contractual structure surrounding the property can influence how operating performance reaches the owner.

Consider the same hypothetical hotel under three simplified structures:

Structure	Owner Exposure	Primary Underwriting Focus
Fixed Lease	Lower direct exposure to short-term hotel performance	Rent sustainability and tenant credit
Variable Lease	Partial or substantial exposure to hotel performance	Lease formula and hotel operating performance
Management Agreement	More direct exposure to operating performance	Hotel revenue, expenses, fees and owner-level costs

This is one reason investors should never compare hotel yields without first understanding the operating structure.

A 4.5% yield supported by fixed contractual rent is not economically identical to a 4.5% yield based on projected hotel earnings under a management agreement.

NOI Is Not Cash Flow After Debt Service

Another important distinction is between NOI and cash flow available to the equity investor after financing.

NOI is generally measured before debt service.

An investor may then finance part of the acquisition with a loan.

A simplified sequence is:

Property NOI → Debt Service → Cash Flow to Equity

This means two investors purchasing the same hotel at the same price can achieve different equity returns depending on their financing.

Interest rate, leverage, amortization and financing fees can all affect equity cash flow.

For more on financing Japanese commercial real estate, see How Foreign Investors Finance Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions in Japan.

NOI Is Not Necessarily Taxable Income

NOI is also not the same as accounting profit or taxable income.

Real estate investment involves items that may be treated differently for accounting, tax and valuation purposes.

Depreciation, financing costs and other items can affect accounting or taxable income without being included in a property’s conventional NOI calculation.

Foreign investors should therefore avoid using hotel NOI as a substitute for tax analysis.

Japanese tax consequences depend on the investor, ownership structure and transaction and should be reviewed with qualified advisers.

How ADR Growth Can Flow Through to NOI

One attraction of hotel real estate is the ability to reprice rooms frequently.

Unlike an office lease with rent fixed for an extended period, hotel room rates can respond relatively quickly to changes in demand.

Suppose occupancy remains stable while ADR increases.

Room revenue rises immediately.

If some operating expenses do not increase at the same rate, a portion of that additional revenue can flow through to GOP and potentially to owner NOI.

This phenomenon is sometimes described as operating leverage.

But the reverse is also possible.

A decline in room revenue can cause profits to fall disproportionately when a hotel has substantial fixed operating costs.

Hotel income can therefore provide both greater upside and greater volatility than conventional long-term rental income.

Why Occupancy Cannot Rise Forever

Occupancy has a natural ceiling.

Once a hotel is operating at very high occupancy, further revenue growth increasingly depends on room rates, additional revenue streams or expansion of inventory.

This is why investors often examine whether future growth assumptions depend primarily on:

• Higher occupancy
• Higher ADR
• Both occupancy and ADR
• Changes in guest mix
• Additional non-room revenue

A hotel already operating close to full occupancy may have limited ability to grow by selling substantially more rooms.

ADR growth can therefore become increasingly important.

Why Revenue per Square Meter Can Matter

Hotel investors commonly use per-room metrics, but real estate ultimately occupies physical space.

This becomes particularly relevant when comparing hotel formats with very different room sizes.

Suppose one hotel can create 150 compact rooms within a building while another concept creates only 80 large rooms in the same approximate accommodation area.

The larger-room concept may achieve higher ADR and accommodate more guests per room.

But the investor should still ask whether the resulting revenue and NOI justify the amount of real estate devoted to each room.

Metrics such as revenue or NOI per square meter can therefore provide another perspective when comparing different hotel concepts.

What Hotel Investors Should Request From a Seller

When evaluating an operating hotel, investors typically need substantially more information than a headline NOI figure.

Depending on the transaction, relevant information can include:

• Monthly occupancy
• Monthly ADR
• Monthly RevPAR
• Room revenue
• Food and beverage revenue
• Other hotel revenue
• Departmental expenses
• GOP
• Operator and management fees
• Property-level expenses
• Historical FF&E expenditure
• Future capital expenditure budget
• Operating agreement
• Annual budgets and forecasts

Several years of monthly information can be particularly useful because annual totals can hide seasonality.

Monthly Data Can Reveal What Annual NOI Hides

Two hotels can generate the same annual NOI but have very different patterns of cash flow.

An urban hotel may generate relatively consistent demand throughout the year.

A resort property may earn a large portion of annual profit during a limited peak season.

Monthly data can reveal:

• Seasonality
• Event-driven demand
• Periods of weak pricing
• Changes in international and domestic demand
• Operating-cost fluctuations

This can be particularly important when evaluating resort hotels and markets heavily dependent on particular travel seasons.

Common Mistakes When Analyzing Hotel NOI

Several analytical mistakes can produce misleading conclusions.

Mistake 1: Treating RevPAR as Profit

RevPAR measures room revenue performance, not profitability.

Mistake 2: Treating GOP as Real Estate NOI

Costs can remain between GOP and the income attributable to the property owner.

Mistake 3: Ignoring FF&E

A hotel can appear highly profitable immediately before a major refurbishment requirement.

Mistake 4: Using One Exceptional Year as Stabilized Income

Unusually strong tourism or event demand may not represent sustainable long-term performance.

Mistake 5: Comparing Different Operating Structures Directly

A leased hotel and a hotel operated under an HMA allocate operating risk differently.

Mistake 6: Ignoring Room Size and Building Efficiency

High ADR per room does not necessarily mean high economic productivity relative to the amount of real estate used.

Mistake 7: Applying a Cap Rate to the Wrong Income Measure

A valuation can become materially distorted if an investor capitalizes GOP or another income measure as though it were stabilized property NOI.

A Practical Hotel Underwriting Framework

Investors analyzing a Japanese hotel can use the following simplified sequence:

1. Understand demand

Who stays at the hotel, why do they stay, and how sustainable is that demand?

2. Analyze ADR and occupancy

Determine the drivers of room revenue and compare performance with the relevant competitive set.

3. Analyze total hotel revenue

Understand the contribution from rooms, food and beverage and other departments.

4. Analyze operating margins

Determine how efficiently hotel revenue converts into GOP.

5. Understand the operating agreement

Identify who bears operating risk and how the operator or tenant is compensated.

6. Determine sustainable owner-level NOI

Account for the relevant expenses and normalize unusual items.

7. Assess future capital expenditure

Understand FF&E and major renovation requirements.

8. Apply an appropriate valuation methodology

Consider cap rates, discounted cash flow analysis and relevant transaction evidence.

9. Stress-test the assumptions

Examine what happens if ADR, occupancy, expenses or cap rates move against the investment case.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is hotel NOI?

Hotel NOI is an income measure used to evaluate the cash flow attributable to hotel real estate after relevant operating or property-level expenses. The exact definition can vary between transactions, appraisals and reporting frameworks, so investors should confirm which expenses are included or excluded.

Is hotel NOI the same as GOP?

No. GOP measures hotel operating profit at a different level of the income statement. Owner-level expenses and other items can remain between GOP and property NOI.

What is RevPAR?

RevPAR means Revenue Per Available Room. It can be calculated by multiplying ADR by occupancy or by dividing room revenue by available room nights.

What is ADR?

ADR means Average Daily Rate. It represents average room revenue per occupied room.

What is GOP margin?

GOP margin measures Gross Operating Profit as a percentage of total hotel revenue. It provides an indication of hotel operating efficiency, although meaningful comparisons generally require similar hotel formats.

Is FF&E included in hotel NOI?

Treatment can vary. Investors may incorporate an FF&E reserve or normalized replacement allowance when evaluating sustainable property income, while actual capital expenditure may be treated separately. The important point is to understand the definition being used and the property’s real future cash requirements.

How does hotel NOI affect property value?

Under a simplified direct-capitalization approach, stabilized NOI is divided by an appropriate capitalization rate to estimate property value. In practice, investors may also use discounted cash flow analysis and other valuation methods.

Does higher RevPAR always mean a more valuable hotel?

No. Higher RevPAR can support higher revenue, but property value also depends on operating expenses, margins, owner-level costs, capital expenditure, operating structure and the capitalization rate required by investors.

What is a stabilized hotel NOI?

Stabilized NOI is an estimate of sustainable property income under normal operating conditions. It may differ from current reported income when a hotel is newly opened, recently renovated, experiencing unusual demand or otherwise operating outside normal conditions.

How does a hotel lease affect NOI?

Under a lease, the property owner’s income may be based primarily on contractual rent rather than directly on hotel operating profit. Fixed and variable lease structures create different levels of exposure to hotel performance.

Conclusion

Understanding hotel NOI in Japan requires looking beyond headline hotel performance.

ADR tells investors about room pricing.

Occupancy measures how much available inventory is sold.

RevPAR combines the two.

Total hotel revenue incorporates other sources of income.

GOP shows how much operating profit the hotel business generates before certain additional costs.

But real estate investors ultimately need to understand the sustainable income attributable to the property itself.

A useful conceptual sequence is:

ADR + Occupancy → RevPAR → Room Revenue → Total Hotel Revenue → GOP → Owner-Level Expenses → NOI → Property Value

The operating agreement can materially alter that sequence.

A fixed lease can provide more predictable contractual property income while introducing tenant-credit considerations.

A variable lease can give the owner greater participation in hotel performance.

A management agreement can expose the owner more directly to both the upside and downside of the hotel business.

For this reason, hotel investors should never analyze NOI without also understanding how the hotel is operated, who bears the operating risk and which expenses sit between hotel revenue and owner cash flow.

That distinction is fundamental to hotel valuation.

References and Further Reading

• HVS — Hospitality valuation, hotel operating and investment research.
• JLL Research — Research on hospitality investment, hotel performance and real estate markets.
• CBRE Japan Research — Research on Japan’s hotel investment and commercial real estate markets.
• Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corporation — Public disclosures containing hotel operating, appraisal and property-level investment information.
• The Association for Real Estate Securitization (ARES) — Information and research on Japan’s institutional real estate investment market.

Note: Hotel accounting terminology and the treatment of individual expenses can vary by operator, property, appraisal and transaction. The numerical examples in this article are hypothetical and are provided solely to illustrate hotel investment concepts. Investors should review the definitions used in the relevant financial statements, operating agreements and transaction documents.

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