Vintage Park Submarket · Internal Revenue Intelligence

Why HOUZN runs behind the Hyatt next door

HOUZN (SpringHill Suites Houston NW, 139 keys) vs HOUZV (Hyatt Place Houston NW Vintage Park, 130 keys), the property that leads the same 7-hotel comp set. Head to head across calendar 2025, plus what HOUZV's weekly strategy calls reveal and how to close the gap.

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The bottom line

In 2025, HOUZN earned $73.71 RevPAR against HOUZV's $93.83, a gap of $20.12 (+27%). HOUZV won all 12 months. The gap is not one lever, it is two: HOUZN runs 14.5 fewer points of occupancy and a $8.64 lower ADR. HOUZN actually beats the broad comp set (RevPAR index 118), but it does so by buying occupancy with rate, while HOUZV holds rate and still fills. The fix is to copy HOUZV's revenue discipline, which is documented week by week in their strategy calls.

+27%
2025 RevPAR gap vs HOUZV
HOUZN $74 vs HOUZV $94
14 pts
Occupancy gap
65.3% vs 79.8%
$9
ADR gap
$112.56 vs $121.20
2.2 / 7
HOUZV rank in comp set
leader on occ and rate

1. The gap, month by month

RevPAR is occupancy times ADR, the cleanest apples to apples measure. HOUZV beat HOUZN every month of 2025, from Oct (+5%) to Aug (+58%). The widest gaps open in the soft months, when HOUZN has no base business to hold the floor.

MonthHOUZN occHOUZV occHOUZN ADRHOUZV ADRHOUZN RevPARHOUZV RevPARGap
Jan 202554.0%67.5%$103.35$115.37$55.81$77.86+40%
Feb 202576.1%85.7%$115.65$124.36$88.02$106.53+21%
Mar 202575.7%84.2%$109.66$124.27$83.06$104.60+26%
Apr 202572.8%78.4%$112.14$122.19$81.65$95.81+17%
May 202565.8%83.4%$114.74$122.78$75.46$102.37+36%
Jun 202567.6%87.0%$112.55$120.86$76.08$105.20+38%
Jul 202567.8%77.3%$118.06$120.25$80.03$92.90+16%
Aug 202548.6%89.5%$109.64$113.98$53.31$84.04+58%
Sep 202561.8%68.3%$111.01$117.80$68.55$93.79+37%
Oct 202572.6%81.8%$119.08$123.77$86.42$90.61+5%
Nov 202564.8%84.2%$113.30$124.61$73.42$82.19+12%
Dec 202556.2%70.4%$111.53$124.19$62.72$90.08+44%
2025 average65.3%79.8%$112.56$121.20$73.71$93.83+27%

2. Why we are behind: two levers

HOUZN's own STR report holds the diagnosis. Its occupancy index sits at 114 (well above the comp set) but its ADR index is only 104 (barely above). In plain terms, HOUZN discounts to fill. HOUZV does the opposite: it holds rate, ranks 2.1 of 7 on ADR, and still ranks 2.2 of 7 on occupancy.

Lever A · Occupancy

HOUZN fills 14.5 fewer points than HOUZV. The base business that HOUZV layers in (group, negotiated, demand-day yield) is what HOUZN is missing.

Lever B · Rate

HOUZN prices $8.64 below HOUZV. And it under-prices its own market: occupancy index 114 vs rate index 104 means HOUZN trades rate for heads in beds.

The tell: HOUZN's occupancy index (114) runs 10 points above its ADR index (104) on average. A healthy revenue strategy keeps these close. The spread is the discount HOUZN does not need to give.

3. HOUZV's playbook, from their weekly strategy calls

HOUZV runs a disciplined weekly revenue meeting (team: Gloria, Rachel, Natalie, Danish, Mona, Shanella, Kirk, Fernando) with an active revenue management system. The same themes repeat across 18 months of recaps. This is the operating manual HOUZN can copy.

1

Grow ADR index while holding occupancy

The stated over-arching strategy in nearly every recap. Rate first, then fill.

2

Hard rate floors and ceilings, actively moved

Floors at $134 midweek and $139 weekend, suites floor $200, ceiling $219. Floors raised during brand promotions and weekend floors lifted $10 to push weekend ADR.

3

Yield by room type and demand day

They oversell kings on demand days to sell more queens, watch overbooking allotments, and convert demand-day bookings to non-refundable.

4

Push incremental rate in the 0 to 3 day window

Late-arrival pricing nudged up day by day rather than left flat.

"Focus on growing ADR index while holding occupancy. Growing group segment midweek."HOUZV strategy recap, 2025-08-27
"Weekend rate floors increased by $10 to push for stronger weekend ADR as the occupancy is there."HOUZV strategy recap, 2026-04-30
"Continue to push for incremental rate increases in the 0 to 3 day... floors are generally higher to keep an elevated rate."HOUZV strategy recap, 2026-04-30
"Keep close eye on king oversells because we can earn more revenue by selling queens on some demand days."HOUZV strategy recap, 2025-10-29

4. The segments and rate codes that drive HOUZV

HOUZV's revenue is a full funnel, not a single channel. In March 2026, transient was 86% of room nights, group 13%, contract 2%. Inside transient, the rate ladder runs from full Retail down to discount, with negotiated corporate and qualified rates in the middle. HOUZN's edge to win back is the top of this ladder.

Transient rate ladder (March 2026)

Retail
$157
851 rn
Qualified
$127
174 rn
Discount
$123
1,521 rn
Negotiated
$122
320 rn
Wholesale
$104
67 rn
Loyalty Award
$80
312 rn
Retail sits at the top of the ladder. The further demand shifts toward Retail and Negotiated and away from deep Discount, the higher the ADR. This is the mix HOUZN should chase.

Mix: where the rooms come from

Group is a modest 10 to 15% and often runs behind pace, so HOUZV's lead is built mostly on transient rate discipline, not a big group book. That is good news: it is the most copyable lever.

5. Who is travelling, and the demand we both chase

The night-audit and recap data name demand drivers and segments rather than individual companies (rate codes are rate plans, and the city ledger is loyalty redemptions, so a named corporate-account list would have to come from Hyatt's CRM). Here is who fills the submarket, drawn from the strategy calls and HOUZN's own profile.

Segments in house (HOUZV)

  • Transient retail and negotiated corporate, the highest-rate base
  • Hyatt loyalty members and award redemptions (volume, low rate)
  • Government, military and veteran rate plans (steady weekday)
  • Group: corporate, SMERF (social, military, education, religious, fraternal), and sports
  • Wholesale and a small contract base

Demand drivers to price for

  • Houston Rodeo (Feb to Mar), tracked off the lineup release
  • Spring break (March)
  • Weddings (Feb and March lead flow)
  • Hurricane and insurance extended stay (late summer)
  • Energy corridor and US-290 corporate (per HOUZN profile)
  • FIFA World Cup 2026, Houston is a host city (see below)

Priority target: FIFA World Cup 2026

HOUZV has been adding World Cup special-event dates and an MLS rate plan for over a year, and is fielding sports-group quotes with a deliberate "$10 to $20 below the lowest Brand.com rate" strategy. Houston hosts matches in summer 2026. If HOUZN is not already pricing and holding inventory for these dates, that is revenue walking next door right now.

6. How to bridge the gap

Balanced plan, rate and occupancy together, ordered by leverage. Most of these are revenue-management moves HOUZN can make without spending a dollar of capital.

RATE 1

Set and hold rate floors

Install midweek, weekend and suite floors with a ceiling, modeled on HOUZV ($134 / $139 / $200 floors, $219 ceiling as a starting reference). Stop discounting to hit occupancy.

RATE 2

Push 0 to 3 day rate

Nudge late-window rates up day by day on demand dates instead of leaving them flat. Raise weekend floors when occupancy is already there.

RATE 3

Yield by room type

Manage king oversells to sell premium room types, convert demand-day bookings to non-refundable, and shift mix up the ladder toward Retail and Negotiated.

OCC 1

Price every demand event

Build an event calendar (Rodeo, spring break, weddings, World Cup 2026) and price into it early. HOUZN's worst month was Aug (+58% behind); soft months are where base business matters most.

OCC 2

Build the negotiated and group base

Layer in midweek corporate negotiated accounts and SMERF and sports groups. HOUZN's sales and catering packet is only about half built per the profile, finish it so sales can sell.

OCC 3

Run brand promotions and a weekly call

Lean on Marriott promotions the way HOUZV leans on Hyatt's Global promotion, and stand up the same weekly revenue strategy call with an RMS and a named owner.

URGENT

World Cup 2026 pricing now

Houston hosts summer 2026 matches. HOUZV has been positioned for 14 plus months. Set HOUZN rates and inventory controls for these dates immediately.

URGENT

Root-cause the August collapse

In Aug HOUZN ran 49% occupancy and $53 RevPAR while HOUZV ran 89% and $84. That is the single biggest dollar gap of the year and worth a dedicated review.

Sources. Head-to-head metrics: HOUZN monthly STR reports (STR #63698, Glance tab, 12 months of 2025) and HOUZV month-end Flash Reports (Hyatt Place Vintage Park, MTD figures, 16 months). Comp-set rank and indices: HOUZV Weekly STAR reports (STR #65597, SummaryComb and Glance tabs). Segments, rate codes and strategy quotes: HOUZV weekly strategy meeting recaps (18 months, Overview and Notes plus 12M tabs) and night-audit bundles (Manager Report, Rate Variance, full NA). Demand drivers cross-referenced with the HOUZN property profile. RevPAR shown is occupancy times ADR. HOUZV figures are month-end month-to-date, within a few days of full month. Named individual corporate accounts are not present in the source data and were not inferred.

Generated 2026-05-20 for internal use. Not for distribution.