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| We have a meaningful recurring revenue stream, strong pricing power and ample high-return investment opportunities |
| But the real exciting thing is the underlying business that we have on the books for T+1, T+2 and Patrick, when we look at things like lead volumes, bookings, I feel like we're going to see very good growth over the next few years, but disruption is going to happen because we're going to be doing these projects |
| The success of our holiday programming initiatives, combined with the strength of banqueting results I just mentioned, resulted in record quarterly same-store total revenue in the fourth quarter |
| And I suspect that we'll see in 2025 and 2026 as some of these projects start to come online, very, very good growth |
| And it's - - this is a very exciting asset in a very good market with extraordinary tax benefits that we have that really -- that really help to generate very high returns on capital |
| I mean, we can look at disruption as half empty, but the half full part of all of this is we're showing enormous growth in our hotel business |
| We've built and continue to enhance an industry-leading portfolio of hotels to serve that customer, and our service model continues to drive high customer retention, rotation and loyalty |
| Furthermore, group demand has surpassed prior peak levels and is very robust, especially against the backdrop of limited new supply under construction and structural constraints to new ground-up development |
| As a result, we have significant visibility into the future, a meaningful reoccurring revenue stream, strong pricing power and ample high-return investment opportunities to sustain our growth trajectory |
| We are improving overall show count and driving sort of demand relative to pricing and dynamic pricing |
| Through building great relationships with our customers, we've built loyalty and the byproduct being retention that drives overall demand |
| This is an awfully efficient way to generate very high return on investments that drive our superior shareholder returns |
| And as the team explained in great detail at our Investor Day, the demand we're building in the out years will lead to some very exciting new projects at our existing hotels, thus stimulating further growth in our company |
| That team there has really done a terrific job and the investments that we made both in terms of renovations and food and beverage during the pandemic have paid dividends for us |
| As our projections demonstrate our balance sheet and liquidity position continue to be in excellent shape to support the capital deployment opportunities available to us and the continued growth of our businesses |
| However, given the fact that Dallas is only about four hours away, our analysis of the markets and the MSAs indicates to us that this could be a strong performer for us |
| He's an exceptional artist and friend and someone we are proud to be in business with |
| Both of our businesses have generated sector-leading returns for our shareholders and we think this will continue to be the case going forward |
| And generally, the way that -- we think about it from an entertainment business perspective is that it's a terrific asset |
| And we are very, very pleased with where group rate is heading |
| Our sales team is doing an outstanding job of pushing group rate, with the investments that we're putting into the hotels, it further justifies that we're not just raising and increasing pricing, but that we are enhancing the value proposition and groups are responding in a positive way to that |
| In the fourth quarter, led by the strength of the group segment, our same-store hospitality portfolio generated a record ADR of $260, up 2% compared to last year |
| Banquet revenue increased 13.5%, driven primarily by higher contribution per group room night, evidence of our continued success with attracting higher-quality groups |
| Gaylord National and Gaylord Palms achieved particularly strong results in October with the national setting a brand record for monthly banquet revenue and The Palms achieving record monthly banquet revenue for the property |
| So we've entered with a great position, and we believe that we will even further that position with some of these in the year - - year bookings |
| In the fourth quarter, ICE admissions equaled last year's record levels, while higher per caps yielded revenues above last year's high watermark with particularly strong results at Gaylord Opryland and Gaylord Texan |
| Super Bowl weekend generated strong results, including an impromptu visit and performance on stage by Blake and Gwen |
| Colin Reed The other thing that I've noticed with the National, Patrick you may want to talk about this is that just the pace of bookings that we've seen over the last 12 months, it's been very encouraging |
| And it's -- as that market recovers, that hotel is very well positioned to perform |
| Finally, we continue to command strong pricing power, evident both in the fourth quarter ADR as well as in our group revenue pace |
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| In our entertainment business, we expect first quarter revenue growth to be tempered modestly by the severe winter weather we experienced in Nashville in January |
| In this first quarter, we expect same-store hospitality RevPAR and total RevPAR to decline low single-digits compared to last year, due primarily to the timing of Easter, which falls on March 31 this year compared to April 9 last year, shifting group business out of the first quarter and into the second |
| And consolidated adjusted EBITDAre of $740.5 million to $785 million, which reflects $10 million to $11 million of disruption within the same-store hospitality portfolio, $8 million to $10 million of disruption within the Entertainment business |
| We expect same-store hospitality adjusted EBITDAre margin in the first quarter to decline 150 to 200 basis points year-over-year, due primarily to the Easter shift and the continued normalization of attrition and cancellation fees |
| And when you compare the National to itself and how it performed pre-pandemic, that hotel has never performed better |
| The third quarter will be heavily impacted by construction disruption |
| market has not recovered as quickly as the other markets that we're participating in |
| To your question, how we're pacing so far in the first quarter like the entertainment business, we had a little bit of a setback just from the weather in Nashville in January |
| So this is - it's not that we misunderstood the market |
| It's just - it's been slower to ramp post-pandemic |
| So I don't know that we'll see quite the outsized performance that we saw last year |
| It's not a misunderstanding of the groups |
| On the entertainment side, the projects that are creating the disruption this year will be completed this year |
| So are we right in thinking that - - the first quarter will maybe be the weakest of the year followed by the fourth quarter, the second and third quarter being - your last two quarters |
| One of the things you guys mentioned throughout the course of 2023 was that you saw almost all the groups performing in excess of the contract on both tenants and out-of-room spend |
| And I probably should have said disruption |
| Given the phasing of renovations over the next few years, would you expect this year to be the most disruptive to earnings |
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