AMMAN: According to the annual report of Al Dawliyah for Hotels and Malls “the number of guests who stayed at Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel dropped last year to 73,462 persons, representing a 61.89 per cent average occupancy rate”.
Earlier the average occupancy rates were as high as 71.37 per cent in 2012 and 71.53 per cent in 2010 when the number of guests totaled 87,499 persons and 85,372 persons respectively.
Illustrating diminished performance, the report indicated that that the hotel’s net operational income regressed to JD5.5 million last year from JD6 million in 2013 due to lower earnings, which fell to JD16.3 million from JD16.7 million, and slightly higher operational costs which reached JD10.7 million in 2014. The report showed that the room rate last year was slightly lower at JD162.45, down from JD163.8 charged in 2013. In 2010, the rate was JD140.98.
Al Dawliyah Chairman Nadim Muasher told the shareholders in a foreword that specialised independent parties, comparing 12 5-star hotels in Amman, positioned Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel’s occupancy rate at 63.33 per cent compared to the 62.97 per cent general average and the room rate at JD158.7 compared to the JD118.63 general average.
