Dashboard · updated June 2026
A border market being re-rated by infrastructure — the RTS Link and the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone dominate the demand thesis.
Demonstration data only. Replace with verified market data.
Occupancy alone says nothing about profit — read it beside ADR.
Solid line: ADR (average daily rate). Dashed line: RevPAR (ADR × occupancy). The gap between them is empty rooms.
Solid area: rooms trading today. Dashed line: rooms under construction. Today's pipeline sets the rate you can charge in three years.
Arrivals are the demand side of the occupancy equation.
Concentration is the point: a single dominant source market is both the demand case and the risk.
The full series behind the charts. Twenty-four months, most recent first.
| Month | Occupancy | ADR | RevPAR | Supply | Pipeline | Arrivals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 68.0% | 299 | 203 | 19,410 | 2,622 | 596.4k |
| May 2026 | 64.2% | 285 | 183 | 19,340 | 2,615 | 532.9k |
| Apr 2026 | 63.4% | 279 | 177 | 19,270 | 2,605 | 529.5k |
| Mar 2026 | 64.7% | 284 | 184 | 19,200 | 2,658 | 546.9k |
| Feb 2026 | 64.7% | 284 | 184 | 19,130 | 2,684 | 550.9k |
| Jan 2026 | 61.7% | 272 | 168 | 19,060 | 2,666 | 499.9k |
| Dec 2025 | 67.9% | 297 | 202 | 18,990 | 2,736 | 595.2k |
| Nov 2025 | 64.7% | 284 | 184 | 18,920 | 2,749 | 543.1k |
| Oct 2025 | 62.6% | 275 | 172 | 18,850 | 2,731 | 515.9k |
| Sept 2025 | 63.3% | 280 | 177 | 18,780 | 2,789 | 515.8k |
| Aug 2025 | 65.9% | 291 | 192 | 18,710 | 2,822 | 553.9k |
| Jul 2025 | 64.6% | 280 | 181 | 18,640 | 2,877 | 552.4k |
| Jun 2025 | 64.6% | 282 | 182 | 18,570 | 2,841 | 546.4k |
| May 2025 | 61.9% | 273 | 169 | 18,500 | 2,899 | 495.5k |
| Apr 2025 | 60.7% | 266 | 161 | 18,430 | 2,945 | 488.5k |
| Mar 2025 | 63.1% | 277 | 175 | 18,360 | 2,950 | 514.8k |
| Feb 2025 | 64.2% | 282 | 181 | 18,290 | 2,982 | 527.0k |
| Jan 2025 | 61.2% | 271 | 166 | 18,220 | 2,965 | 480.1k |
| Dec 2024 | 65.4% | 285 | 186 | 18,150 | 2,967 | 551.7k |
| Nov 2024 | 61.0% | 266 | 162 | 18,080 | 2,989 | 492.4k |
| Oct 2024 | 60.3% | 264 | 159 | 18,010 | 3,078 | 478.6k |
| Sept 2024 | 62.1% | 275 | 171 | 17,940 | 3,054 | 488.6k |
| Aug 2024 | 63.7% | 280 | 178 | 17,870 | 3,037 | 515.5k |
| Jul 2024 | 64.8% | 283 | 183 | 17,800 | 3,074 | 533.3k |
| Hotel | Operator | District | Rooms | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demo Waterfront Hotel — Danga Bay | Placeholder Operator B | Danga Bay | 320 | 2027 |
| Demo RTS Corridor Hotel | Placeholder Operator C | RTS Link Corridor | 275 | 2027 |
| Demo Business Hotel — Iskandar Puteri | Placeholder Operator A | Iskandar Puteri | 190 | 2028 |
| Demo Resort — Desaru Coast | Placeholder Operator E | Desaru | 240 | 2029 |
The RTS Link is the single largest variable in the Johor Bahru hotel thesis. Its specification is public record. Its effect on hotel demand is not — and the mechanism that brings visitors closer is the same one that lets them go home.
The JS-SEZ is an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore. Beyond that, most of what circulates in sales material is figures the desk cannot verify. This piece sets out the mechanisms by which an SEZ could generate hotel demand — and why you should read every number you are quoted at its primary source.
JLL reports Johor serviced-apartment prices up 20.4% in Q2 2025 against the 2024 average. It is a real, sourced figure — and it is routinely used to support a conclusion it does not reach.
Hotels inside large mixed-use masterplans are often built because the masterplan requires an anchor, not because a room-demand forecast justified one. For the investor buying a unit, the difference is everything.
Each source is labelled with how far it can be relied on. We do not present promotional material as independently verified, and we say so when we could not check something.
Demonstration dataset (not a real source)
Synthetic figures generated for the MVP so the dashboards render. These are NOT market observations. Replace every record attached to this source before publication.
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