CDL Hospitality Trusts announced an operational update for the three months ended Mar, 31 2026, posting gross revenue of 67.1 million Singapore dollars, a year-on-year increase of 5.9 per cent.

Net property income rose 10.4 per cent to 33.1 million Singapore dollars, supported by broad-based growth across most portfolio markets. Singapore hotels contributed 17.1 million Singapore dollars in net property income, up 5.9 per cent, while the New Zealand hotel’s net property income climbed 46.1 per cent to 2.5 million Singapore dollars.

Portfolio performance was driven by higher average occupancy at the Singapore hotels, where RevPAR increased 6.6 per cent to 184 Singapore dollars. Overseas, RevPAR gains were recorded in New Zealand (+16.3 per cent), Australia (+12.9 per cent) and Italy (+29.4 per cent), partly offset by declines in Japan (-4.2 per cent) and the Maldives (-6.4 per cent).

As at Mar, 31 2026, the stapled group’s gearing stood at 35.3 per cent with cash reserves of 78.5 million Singapore dollars. Weighted average cost of debt fell to 2.8 per cent after the issuance of 100 million Singapore dollars of perpetual securities in Feb, 2026 and the execution of additional interest-rate swaps, which raised the proportion of fixed-rate debt to 66.9 per cent.

Management noted that 970 million Singapore dollars of debt headroom remains before reaching the 50 per cent statutory gearing limit and said it will maintain prudent capital management while monitoring market conditions.