Pace Report
The Pace Report provides strategic benchmarking data, tracking performance, pace, and peer set metrics at national and regional levels. This helps identify trends and opportunities to optimize group booking numbers.
2024 Performance Highlights
Booking Pace: Exceeded pace target by 17%, with 230,708 booked rooms.
Top-Producing Segments: Health & Medical, Trade & Commercial, and Sporting Events, including MSL Next Fest, which delivered 11,442 room nights.
Top Regions by End-User: Northern California, Southern California, and the Midwest.
2025 Outlook
Ahead of Target: Currently 8% above the pace target, with 213,815 room nights booked (target: 197,135).
Quarterly Trends: Q1–Q3 show year-over-year growth, while Q4 remains a priority and need period for hotels. This is reflected in the below quarterly breakdown:
- Q1: Up 39% to STLY
- Q2: Up 30% to STLY
- Q3: Up 11% to STLY
- Q4: Down 46% to STLY
2026 Forecast
Near Target: At 99% of the goal, with 90,832 room nights booked (target: 91,299).
2027 and Beyond
The team remains focused on targeting national associations to lay the groundwork for future years as well as state association which tends to rotate into the southern California market impacting Q4.
- 2-Year Board Priorities
- January 2025 Agenda & Packet
- President's Summary
- Air Service Updates
- Marketing Updates
- Communications & Film Updates
- Digital Updates
- Social Updates
- Convention Sales
- Pace Report
- Partnership Updates
- Tourism Development
- Economic Development
- Research Updates
- Smith Travel Research
- Vacation Rental Data
- Finance
- Past Board Meetings Archive
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The below data shows live group booking data and tentative room night data for Greater Palm Springs. "OTB" (On the Books room nights) refers to rooms we already have booked, and "LTB" (Left to Book room nights) indicates what is remaining to meet our room nights goal.
This information is updated once per month.
