The expert told about the growth of the average cost of a room in Moscow hotels

The average cost of a room in Moscow hotels will increase by 30% by the end of 2024. This was announced by Marina Smirnova, Partner, Head of the Department of hotel business and tourism CMWP on Tuesday, February 11.

The specialist noted that the average load in the city is almost at the level of 80%. This is not the limit, but it is an indicator that the market is approaching its maximum, she added.

"Naturally, the market reacts with price. Against this background, while the average price of a room per night has actually increased by 30%, up to 11.5 thousand rubles, we see that the increase in the room stock of quality hotels in the city amounted to 3.7% - 778 rooms, in fact, it was due to the input in the IV quarter of the year," - quoted Smirnova city news agency "Moscow".

According to the expert, the new supply is not growing at such a fast pace as we would like.

"Due to the growth of inflation, construction costs, due to the costs associated with parallel imports, the cost of equipping hotels is growing, and we already see the growth of construction costs by 30% at least," Smirnova specified.

On February 4, the Russian Union of Travel Industry in its Telegram-channel reported that by the end of March it is planned to launch the service of check-in to hotels on biometrics in Moscow.

Before that, on January 20, the press service of the Center for Biometric Technologies (CBT) told Izvestia that the number of registrations in the Unified Biometric System (UBS) is approaching 3 million.

On January 14, the chairman of Mosgosstroynadzor Anton Slobodchikov said that the agency in 2024 issued 73 permits for the construction of social facilities in the capital at the expense of private investment, reports "Moscow 24".

In the coming years, about 25 kindergartens, 22 schools, 12 physical training centers and sports bases, three polyclinics, two medical centers and a sanatorium, as well as a social hotel, several buildings for universities and colleges and a multifunctional leisure center will be erected in the capital, RT reports.