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The Rate Pulse

Free monthly hotel market briefings for independent hoteliers. Two editions: Thailand Pulse (Phuket-focused, running monthly) and International Pulse (Mediterranean, Caribbean, wider markets โ€” launching Q4 2026). Same format either way: 6 stories, 1 snapshot, 3 moves. Public sources only.

What's in every edition

Each monthly Pulse covers the same six areas, so you can scan quickly and compare month over month.

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Arrivals & airlift

What's coming into HKT โ€” capacity changes, new routes, source markets moving up or down.

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Rate & occupancy signals

Public rate direction, OTA visibility, TAT figures, and what compset behaviour suggests.

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Currency & demand

THB movement against key source-market currencies and what that means for direct-vs-OTA mix.

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Events & catalysts

Upcoming festivals, MICE bookings, regional holidays, and weather patterns worth knowing about.

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Source-market watch

What's happening in China, India, Middle East, Russia, Europe โ€” and how it lands in Phuket.

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What to do about it

Three practical moves for the coming 30 days โ€” pricing, distribution, or marketing.

Two editions, two regions

One format, applied to the market you operate in.

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Thailand Pulse โ€” Live now

Focus: Phuket-centric with national context. TAT arrivals, HKT airlift, THB movement, Thai hotel occupancy, source markets, cultural calendar.

Cadence: Monthly, first week of the month. Editions #1โ€“#3 published.

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International Pulse โ€” Coming Q4 2026

Focus: Mediterranean, Caribbean, Southeast Asia (non-Thailand), UAE. Airlift, arrivals, currency, occupancy, source markets โ€” same 6-story format.

Cadence: Monthly once live. Subscribe to be notified when Edition #1 ships.

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Thailand Pulse โ€” Every edition, archived

Older editions stay live โ€” useful for year-over-year comparison and looking back at what actually happened.

Why we publish a free Phuket hotel market report

Most Phuket hotel market data โ€” STR, OTA Insight, paid research subscriptions โ€” sits behind a paywall priced for large chains. Independent hoteliers, general managers, and revenue managers running smaller properties often don't have access to that data, but face the same pricing and distribution decisions every month.

The Phuket Rate Pulse is our attempt to close that gap. Each monthly edition compiles what's publicly available โ€” TAT arrivals figures, airport airlift data, currency movements, OTA visibility, regional news โ€” and turns it into a short, plain-English briefing you can read in 5 minutes and act on the same day.

Who this is for

  • Independent hotel owners making pricing calls without a large revenue-management team behind them.
  • General managers who need to justify rate changes to owners and boards with market context.
  • Revenue managers at smaller properties who want a monthly reality-check against their internal data.
  • Investors and advisors tracking Phuket as a market without paying institutional research fees.

What we won't do

  • Name individual competitor properties or publish their rate strategies.
  • Republish paywalled or proprietary data.
  • Make forward predictions we can't source.
  • Sell your email or spam you with sales pitches. The Pulse is genuinely free.

Sources we use

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) monthly reports, Phuket International Airport (HKT) capacity data, Bank of Thailand currency data, publicly-listed OTA rate ranges, TAT News, Bangkok Post, Nation Thailand, and other publicly available industry news. Every edition ends with a sources note so you can verify anything you want to dig into.

Cadence

New edition published the first week of every month, covering the month just ended and the 30-day window ahead. Subscribe below to get it delivered โ€” or bookmark this page and check back monthly.

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