Hotel History and Changes
The data has been released every month since January 2025, and each release is compared with the one before. That gives every hotel a history: when it was first seen, when it was last confirmed, whether and when it closed, and which of its facts changed in which month.
How changes are detected
Each monthly release is matched place by place to the previous release. A changed value becomes a change record with its month (cycle_month). A place missing from a single release is treated as a data gap, not a closure: a closure is recorded only when the place is marked closed. Read more in the methodology.
Hotel-level fields
| Column | Meaning | Availability |
|---|---|---|
first_seen_month | First monthly release containing the hotel. | in sample |
last_seen_month | Latest monthly release containing the hotel. | in sample |
last_confirmed_month | Latest release in which the hotel was confirmed operating. | in sample |
closed_month | Release in which the hotel was first marked closed. | in sample |
continuity_months | Number of monthly releases containing the hotel. | in sample |
lifecycle_stage | Lifecycle stage derived from the monthly history. | in sample |
status_history | Operating status by month. | in sample |
name_history | Previous names with the month they changed. | in sample |
amenities_added | Amenities added since the previous release (also amenities_removed, attributes_added/removed, languages_added/removed). | in sample |
facts_change_timeline | Month-by-month list of changed facts. | in sample |
rating_trend_12m | Change in rating over the last 12 months. | in sample |
reviews_gained_last_month | Reviews added since the previous release. | in sample |
reviews_gained_all_time | Reviews added since the hotel was first seen. | in sample |
Neighbourhood fields
| Column | Meaning | Availability |
|---|---|---|
nearby_openings_* | Places that opened nearby, by period. | in sample |
nearby_closures_* | Places that closed nearby, by period. | in sample |
neighbourhood_momentum_12m | Balance of openings and closures nearby over 12 months. | in sample |
possible_replacements | Places that may have replaced a closed place at the same spot. | in sample |
What the sample shows
The Hotel changes sheet of the sample holds 1,915 change records for the 250 hotels.
| Change type | Meaning | Records |
|---|---|---|
field_changed | A field value changed since the previous release. | 1,628 |
field_added | A field gained a value it did not have before. | 273 |
first_listed | The hotel appeared for the first time. | 10 |
reopened | A hotel marked closed was operating again. | 2 |
closed | The hotel was marked closed. | 2 |
| Field | Changes |
|---|---|
amenities | 623 |
website | 337 |
rating | 253 |
See the monthly release log, and the guide Track hotel openings and closures.
Uses
- Lists of new hotels by month, country or chain.
- Closures and reopenings for portfolio and market monitoring.
- Neighbourhood momentum for real estate and development decisions.
- Keeping your own hotel database current with monthly change files (delivery).
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