Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, our financial results, our liquidity and capital resources, including the expected reopening dates for our hotels and dates that our hotels will break even or achieve positive Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, the impact to our business and financial condition and that of our hotel management companies, measures (including through potential alternative sources of revenue) being taken in response to COVID-19, the effects of competition, the effects of future legislation or regulations, the expected completion of anticipated dispositions, the declaration and payment of future dividends and other non-historical statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates”, “hopes” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance or future achievements or events. Currently, one of the most significant factors is the adverse effect of COVID-19, including resurgences, on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance, our hotel management companies and our hotels’ tenants, and the global economy and financial markets. COVID-19 has significantly affected our business, and the extent to which COVID-19 impacts us, our hotel managers, tenants and guests at our hotels will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its effect, the emergence of virus variants, the efficacy, availability and deployment of vaccinations and other treatments to combat COVID-19, including public adoption rates of COVID-19 vaccines, additional closures that may be mandated or advisable even after the reopening of certain of our hotels on a limited basis, whether due to an increased number of COVID-19 cases or otherwise, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified in the risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19.
All such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations of management and therefore involve estimates and assumptions that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in the statements. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and we urge investors to carefully review the disclosures we make concerning risks and uncertainties in Item 1A: “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, as well as risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Overview
We have a diverse portfolio of iconic and market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. We currently hold investments in entities that have ownership or leasehold interests in 56 hotels, consisting of premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 32,000 rooms, of which over 87% are luxury and upper upscale (as defined by Smith Travel Research) and are located in prime U.S. markets and its territories. Our high-quality portfolio includes hotels in major urban and convention areas, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans and Denver; premier resorts in key leisure destinations, including Hawaii, Orlando, Key West and Miami Beach; and hotels adjacent to major gateway airports, such as Los Angeles International, Boston Logan International and Miami International, as well as hotels in select suburban locations.
Our objective is to be the preeminent lodging real estate investment trust (“REIT”), focused on consistently delivering superior, risk-adjusted returns to stockholders through active asset management and a thoughtful external growth strategy while maintaining a strong and flexible balance sheet. As a pure-play real estate company with direct access to capital and independent financial resources, we believe our enhanced ability to implement compelling return on investment initiatives within our portfolio represents a significant embedded growth opportunity. Finally, given our scale and investment expertise, we believe we will be able to successfully execute single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions to further enhance the value and diversification of our assets throughout the lodging cycle, including potentially taking advantage of the economies of scale that could come from consolidation in the lodging REIT industry.
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We operate our business through two operating segments, our consolidated hotels and unconsolidated hotels. Our consolidated hotels operating segment is our only reportable segment. Refer to Note 12: “Business Segment Information” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information regarding our operating segments.
Recent Events
During the second quarter of 2021, we sold three consolidated hotels, the W New Orleans – French Quarter, the Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter and the Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill Navy Yard. The proceeds were used to fully repay the outstanding balance under our revolving credit facility (“Revolver”) and a portion of our term loan facility due in 2024 (“2019 Term Facility”). In July 2021, we sold the Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection, in San Francisco, California for gross proceeds of $82 million and used the net proceeds to repay $77 million of the 2019 Term Facility. In June 2021, we entered into an agreement to sell the Le Meridien San Francisco for a gross sales price of approximately $222 million and the sale is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021. The gross sales price will be payable in cash at closing, subject to customary pro rations and adjustments. Net proceeds from the sale of the Le Meridien San Francisco will be used to repay a portion of the 2019 Term Facility.
COVID-19 Operational Update
The global outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus and the disease it causes (“COVID-19”) have had and continue to have a significant effect on the lodging industry and our business. We cannot presently determine the extent or duration of the overall operational and financial effects that COVID-19 will have on our business. In March and April 2020, travel restrictions and mandated closings of non-essential businesses were imposed, which resulted in temporary suspensions of operations at a majority of our hotels, all except three of which have now reopened. Temporary closings of restaurants and hotels across entire regions also contributed to severely reduced overall lodging demand. The effects of COVID-19 continue to have a significant adverse effect on the hospitality industry, including our business; however, the increase in vaccination rates across the U.S., government and the lifting of restrictions, quarantining, and “social distancing” mandates have resulted in increased travel and hospitality spending. With the increase in leisure demand trends as well as an increase in group booking activity, we expect a broader based recovery over the second half of 2021 and into 2022.
Since the beginning of March 2020, we have experienced a significant decline in occupancy, Average Daily Rate (“ADR”) and Revenue per Available Room (“RevPAR”) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic throughout our consolidated portfolio, which has resulted in a decline in our operating cash flow. As distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine continues, we have seen sequential improvement in leisure traveler sentiment, and as a result, an improvement in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR in recent months. Changes in our 2021 pro-forma metrics, which exclude results from properties disposed of and include results from properties acquired as of August 6, 2021, as compared to the same periods in 2019 and 2020, respectively, and pro-forma occupancy are as follows:
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Change in Pro-forma ADR
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Change in Pro-forma Occupancy
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Change in Pro-forma RevPAR
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2021 vs. 2020
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2021 vs. 2019
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2021 vs. 2020
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2021 vs. 2019
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2021 vs. 2020
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2021 vs. 2019
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2021
Pro-forma Occupancy
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Q1 2021
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(29.5
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)%
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(31.2
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)%
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(35.4
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)%
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pts
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(51.2
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)%
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pts
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(70.0
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)%
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(76.7
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)%
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26.2
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%
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April 2021
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47.0
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(21.3
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)
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33.0
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(47.8
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)
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1,326.8
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(65.8
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36.7
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May 2021
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75.3
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(19.5
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35.5
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(44.3
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)
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1,351.1
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(61.6
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)
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40.4
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June 2021
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36.3
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(12.8
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)
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40.2
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(38.3
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)
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610.5
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(50.7
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)
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49.7
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Q2 2021
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44.6
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(17.2
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)
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36.2
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(43.5
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)
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909.7
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(59.2
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)
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42.3
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We believe that imposed or re-imposed government restrictions and the economic contraction associated with COVID-19 will continue to significantly affect our business. We believe demand will remain significantly reduced as long as mandatory travel restrictions, “social distancing” and cost-saving measures, such as the postponing or cancelling of non-essential business travel, remain in place or if these restrictions tighten due to virus variants. Although we were able to recommence operations at most of our previously suspended hotels, there remains considerable uncertainty as to both the time it will take to see travel and demand for lodging and travel-related experiences to recover. Further, uncertainty as to the timing of when remaining restrictions will be removed generally will make it more difficult to execute on our external growth strategy.
The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and the reports of their effectiveness have resulted in an improvement in traveler and general consumer sentiment. We believe that the continued distribution and acceptance by the public of COVID-19 vaccines will decrease the number of COVID-19 cases, as lead to an improvement in business and other consumer preferences for travel. Further, with all adults and certain age groups of children in the U.S. now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccines, coupled with the stimulus package passed in March 2021 and significant pent-up demand, we experienced accelerated growth during the second quarter and expect to experience continued growth during the second half of 2021. However, the uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic recovery make it difficult to predict operating results for our hotels for the remainder of 2021, thus there can be no assurances that we will not experience further declines in hotel revenues or earnings at our hotels.
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We and our hotel managers have taken various actions to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including temporarily suspending operations at a majority of our hotels beginning in March 2020, limiting capacity at our open hotels, deferring approximately $150 million of capital expenditures planned for 2020, reducing budgeted capital expenditures for maintenance projects to approximately $40 million for 2021, suspending our dividend after the first quarter of 2020, and, as a precautionary measure to increase liquidity and preserve financial flexibility, drawing on our Revolver in 2020 and completing three corporate bond offerings totaling $2.1 billion in 2020 and 2021, the proceeds of which were used, in part, to repay a portion of the Revolver borrowings and the 2019 Term Facility, as well as fully repay our term loan due December 2021 ("2016 Term Loan"). Additionally, as discussed above in Recent Events, we have initiated or completed asset sales that have allowed us to fully repay our Revolver and further reduce borrowings under our 2019 Term Facility
Since originally suspending operations, we have commenced the phased reopening of all except three of our hotels and the timing of reopening our remaining suspended hotels will depend primarily on government restrictions imposed or re-imposed, recommendations of health officials and as demand recovers. The status of our hotels as of August 6, 2021 is as follows:
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Status
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Number of Hotels
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Total Rooms
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Consolidated Open
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46
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25,033
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Consolidated Suspended
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3
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3,216
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Total Consolidated
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49
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28,249
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Unconsolidated Open
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7
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4,297
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Total Hotels
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56
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32,546
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In addition, the operating environment for us and our hotel managers has improved as government restrictions are lifted and demand for travel returns. Historically, economic indicators such as GDP growth, corporate earnings, consumer confidence and employment are highly correlated with lodging demand, and although these factors have seen improvement over the last year, these metrics have just begun to return to pre-pandemic levels. We expect the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent of its effect on our financial and operational results, to be dictated by, among other things, its duration, the success of efforts to contain it, the emergence of virus variants, efficacy, availability and deployment of vaccinations and other treatments to combat COVID-19, including public adoption rates of COVID-19 vaccines, and the effect of actions taken in response (such as travel advisories and restrictions and social distancing), including the extent and duration of such actions.
The extent and duration of the effects of COVID-19 are not yet clear. Despite cost reduction initiatives, we do not expect to be able to fully, or even materially, offset revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, as states and cities have begun to lift quarantines and other similar restrictions, the timing and approach differs in different locations and we cannot predict whether our reopened hotels will be forced to suspend operations again in the future or be subjected to operating restrictions following further outbreaks or variants of COVID-19.
Key Business Metrics Used by Management
Occupancy
Occupancy represents the total number of room nights sold divided by the total number of room nights available at a hotel or group of hotels. Room nights available to guests have not been adjusted for suspended or reduced operations at certain of our hotels as a result of COVID-19. Occupancy measures the utilization of our hotels’ available capacity. Management uses occupancy to gauge demand at a specific hotel or group of hotels in a given period. Occupancy levels also help us determine achievable ADR levels as demand for rooms increases or decreases.
Average Daily Rate
ADR represents rooms revenue divided by total number of room nights sold in a given period. ADR measures average room price attained by a hotel and ADR trends provide useful information concerning the pricing environment and the nature of the customer base of a hotel or group of hotels. ADR is a commonly used performance measure in the hotel industry, and we use ADR to assess pricing levels that we are able to generate by type of customer, as changes in rates have a more pronounced effect on overall revenues and incremental profitability than changes in occupancy, as described above.
Revenue per Available Room
RevPAR represents rooms revenue divided by the total number of room nights available to guests for a given period. Room nights available to guests have not been adjusted for suspended or reduced operations at certain of our hotels as a result of COVID-19. We consider RevPAR to be a meaningful indicator of our performance as it provides a metric correlated to two primary and key factors of operations at a hotel or group of hotels: occupancy and ADR. RevPAR is also a useful indicator in measuring performance over comparable periods.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We also evaluate the performance of our business through certain other financial measures that are not recognized under U.S. GAAP. Each of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered by investors as supplemental measures to GAAP performance measures such as total revenues, operating profit and net income.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA
EBITDA, presented herein, reflects net income (loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, interest income, interest expense, income taxes and also interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization included in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates.
Adjusted EBITDA, presented herein, is calculated as EBITDA, further adjusted to exclude:
Gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments;
Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;
Share-based compensation expense;
Impairment losses and casualty gains or losses; and
Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA measures hotel-level results before debt service, depreciation and corporate expenses for our consolidated hotels, which excludes hotels owned by unconsolidated affiliates, and is a key measure of our profitability. We present Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to help us and our investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of our consolidated hotels.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) or other measures of financial performance or liquidity derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, our definitions of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
We believe that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA provide useful information to investors about us and our financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are among the measures used by our management team to make day-to-day operating decisions and evaluate our operating performance between periods and between REITs by removing the effect of our capital structure (primarily interest expense) and asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results; and (ii) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results or estimate valuations across companies in our industry.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or other methods of analyzing our operating performance and results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our interest expense;
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our income tax expense;
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the effect on earnings or changes resulting from matters that we consider not to be indicative of our future operations; and
other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.
We do not use or present EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA as measures of our liquidity or cash flow. These measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow or other methods of analyzing our cash flows and liquidity as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our indebtedness;
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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements to pay our taxes;
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect historical cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; and
although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.
Because of these limitations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as discretionary cash available to us to reinvest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations.
The following table provides a reconciliation of Net loss to Hotel Adjusted EBITDA:
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|
Three Months Ended June 30,
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|
Six Months Ended June 30,
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2021
|
|
|
2020
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|
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2021
|
|
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2020
|
|
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(in millions)
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Net loss
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$
|
(114
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)
|
|
$
|
(261
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)
|
|
$
|
(305
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)
|
|
$
|
(950
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
|
150
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Interest expense
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|
|
66
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
|
90
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
Interest expense, income tax and depreciation and
amortization included in equity in earnings from
investments in affiliates
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|
|
4
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|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
9
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|
EBITDA
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|
|
27
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|
|
|
(130
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)
|
|
|
(25
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)
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|
|
(690
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)
|
Gain on sales of assets, net
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
Acquisition costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Severance expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Impairment loss and casualty gain, net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
694
|
|
Other items
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
(122
|
)
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
(40
|
)
|
Less: Adjusted EBITDA from investments in affiliates
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Add: All other(1)
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
(108
|
)
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
(17
|
)
|
(1) Includes other revenues and other expenses, non-income taxes on TRS leases included in other property-level expenses and corporate general and administrative expenses.
Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders
We present Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Nareit FFO per diluted share (defined as set forth below) as non-GAAP measures of our performance. We calculate funds from (used in) operations (“FFO”) attributable to stockholders for a given operating period in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), as net income (loss) attributable to stockholders (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP), excluding depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on sales of assets, impairment, and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect our pro rata share of the FFO of those entities on the same basis. As noted by Nareit in its December 2018 “Nareit Funds from Operations White Paper – 2018 Restatement,” since real estate values historically have risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. For these reasons, Nareit adopted the FFO metric in order to promote an industry-wide measure of REIT operating performance. We believe Nareit FFO provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance and can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between REITs. Our presentation may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the terms in accordance with the current Nareit definition, or that interpret the current Nareit definition differently than we do. We calculate Nareit FFO per diluted share as our Nareit FFO divided by the number of fully diluted shares outstanding during a given operating period.
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We also present Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO per diluted share when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance. Management historically has made the adjustments detailed below in evaluating our performance and in our annual budget process. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted FFO provides useful supplemental information that is beneficial to an investor’s complete understanding of our operating performance. We adjust Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders for the following items, which may occur in any period, and refer to this measure as Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders:
Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;
Share-based compensation expense; and
Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.
The following table provides a reconciliation of net loss attributable to stockholders to Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
(in millions, except per share amounts)
|
|
Net loss attributable to stockholders
|
|
$
|
(116
|
)
|
|
$
|
(259
|
)
|
|
$
|
(306
|
)
|
|
$
|
(947
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
|
150
|
|
Depreciation and amortization expense
attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Gain on sales of assets, net
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(63
|
)
|
Gain on sale of investments in affiliates(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Impairment loss
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
695
|
|
Equity investment adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in losses from investments in affiliates
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
Pro rata FFO of investments in affiliates
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders
|
|
|
(45
|
)
|
|
|
(183
|
)
|
|
|
(160
|
)
|
|
|
(162
|
)
|
Severance expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Acquisition costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Other items(2)
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
36
|
|
Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders
|
|
$
|
(38
|
)
|
|
$
|
(174
|
)
|
|
$
|
(151
|
)
|
|
$
|
(117
|
)
|
Nareit FFO per share - Diluted(3)
|
|
$
|
(0.19
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.78
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.68
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.69
|
)
|
Adjusted FFO per share - Diluted(3)
|
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.74
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.64
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.50
|
)
|
(1) Included in other loss, net.
(2) For the six months ended June 30, 2020, includes $26 million of tax expense on hotels sold during the period.
(3) Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
Results of Operations
The following items have had a significant effect on the year-over-year comparability of our operations and are illustrated further in the table of Hotel Revenues and Operating Expenses below:
Property Dispositions: Between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, we disposed of five consolidated hotels. As a result of these dispositions, our revenues and operating expenses decreased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the same periods in 2020. The results of operations during our period of ownership of these hotels are included in our consolidated results.
COVID-19: Beginning in March 2020, we experienced a significant decline in ADR, occupancy and RevPAR due to COVID-19. The economic contraction resulting from the spread of COVID-19 has and is expected to continue to significantly affect our business. Consequently, the results of our portfolio during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 will not be comparable to the same periods in 2020.
22
Hotel Revenues and Operating Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change from
Property
Dispositions
|
|
|
Change
from Other
Factors(1)
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
207
|
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
186
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
183
|
|
Food and beverage revenue
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
Ancillary hotel revenue
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Rooms expense
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
Food and beverage expense
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
Other departmental and support
expense
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
Other property-level expense
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
56
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
Management fees expense
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
(1) Change from other factors primarily relates to the effects of COVID-19.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change from
Property
Dispositions
|
|
|
Change
from Other
Factors(1)
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
313
|
|
|
$
|
383
|
|
|
$
|
(70
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(66
|
)
|
Food and beverage revenue
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(86
|
)
|
Ancillary hotel revenue
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
72
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
8
|
|
Rooms expense
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
Food and beverage expense
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
|
137
|
|
|
|
(74
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(73
|
)
|
Other departmental and support expense
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
|
232
|
|
|
|
(53
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(51
|
)
|
Other property-level expense
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(15
|
)
|
Management fees expense
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
(1) Change from other factors primarily relates to the effects of COVID-19.
Group, transient, contract and other rooms revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, as well as the change for each segment compared to the same periods in 2020 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change from
Property
Dispositions
|
|
|
Change
from Other
Factors(1)
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
Transient rooms revenue
|
|
|
176
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
163
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
160
|
|
Contract rooms revenue
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
Other rooms revenue
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
207
|
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
186
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
183
|
|
(1) Change from other factors primarily relates to the effects of COVID-19.
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change from
Property
Dispositions
|
|
|
Change
from Other
Factors(1)
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
120
|
|
|
$
|
(97
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
$
|
(96
|
)
|
Transient rooms revenue
|
|
|
263
|
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
40
|
|
Contract rooms revenue
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
Other rooms revenue
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
Rooms revenue
|
|
$
|
313
|
|
|
$
|
383
|
|
|
$
|
(70
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(66
|
)
|
(1) Change from other factors primarily relates to the effects of COVID-19.
Other revenue and Other expense
During the second half of 2020, we permanently closed operations at all three of our laundry facilities resulting in a decrease in both laundry revenue and laundry expense. The increases in support services revenue and expense are due to the reopening of our hotels that have service arrangements with Hilton Grand Vacations (“HGV”), which were suspended during the first half of 2020.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
Support service revenue
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
|
300.0
|
%
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
Laundry revenue
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
Total other revenue
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
|
300.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
|
(9.1
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
Support services expense
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
|
|
550.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
19
|
|
|
|
5.3
|
%
|
Laundry expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
Total other expense
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
|
225.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
|
(20.0
|
)%
|
Corporate general and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative expenses
|
|
$
|
12
|
|
|
$
|
9
|
|
|
|
33.3
|
%
|
|
$
|
24
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
|
20.0
|
%
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
66.7
|
|
Acquisition costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
Disposition costs
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
Severance expense
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
(100.0
|
)
|
Total corporate general and
administrative
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
|
14.3
|
%
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
|
13.3
|
%
|
Impairment loss and casualty gain, net
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized an impairment loss of $5 million related to one of our hotels classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2021.
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we recognized a net loss of $694 million primarily as a result of $607 million of impairment losses related to our goodwill and $88 million of impairment losses primarily related to one of our hotels, and our inability to recover the carrying value of the asset because of COVID-19.
Gain on sales of assets, net
During each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized a net gain of $6 million primarily as a result of the sale of three of our consolidated hotels.
24
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we recognized a net gain of $63 million primarily as a result of the sale of two of our consolidated hotels.
Non-operating Income and Expenses
Interest expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
Percent Change
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
SF and HHV CMBS Loans(1)
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
Mortgage Loans
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
16.7
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
9.1
|
|
2016 Term Loan
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
NM(2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
NM(2)
|
|
2019 Term Facility
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
(10.0
|
)
|
Revolver
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
(57.1
|
)
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
2025 Senior Secured Notes(3)
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
NM(2)
|
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
NM(2)
|
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2028 Senior Secured Notes(3)
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10
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—
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NM(2)
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21
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—
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NM(2)
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2029 Senior Secured Notes(3)
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5
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—
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NM(2)
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5
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—
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NM(2)
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Other
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4
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3
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33.3
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8
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4
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100.0
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Total interest expense
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$
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66
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$
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50
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32.0
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%
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$
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129
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$
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90
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43.3
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%
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(1) In October 2016, we entered into a $725 million CMBS loan secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and the Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco (“SF CMBS Loan”) and a $1.275 billion CMBS loan secured by the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort (“HHV CMBS Loan”).
(2) Percentage change is not meaningful.
(3) In May and September 2020, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC (our “Operating Company”), PK Domestic Property LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Company (“PK Domestic”), and PK Finance Co-Issuer Inc. (“PK Finance”) issued an aggregate of $650 million of senior secured notes due 2025 (“2025 Senior Secured Notes”) and an aggregate of $725 million of senior secured notes due 2028 (“2028 Senior Secured Notes”), respectively. Additionally, in May 2021, our Operating Company, PK Domestic and PK Finance issued an aggregate of $750 million of senior secured notes due 2029 (“2029 Senior Secured Notes,” collectively with the 2025 Senior Secured Notes and 2028 Senior Secured Notes, the “Senior Secured Notes”).
Interest expense increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the same periods in 2020 as a result the issuances of $2.1 billion of Senior Secured Notes during the second and third quarters of 2020 and May 2021, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense as a result of the full repayment of the 2016 Term Loan in September 2020, partial repayment of the 2019 Term Facility in May 2021, and partial repayments of our Revolver of $399 million in 2020 and $588 million in 2021.
Income tax expense
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2021
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2020
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Percent Change
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2021
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2020
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Percent Change
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(in millions)
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(in millions)
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Income tax expense
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$
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—
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$
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3
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(100.0
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)%
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$
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1
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$
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13
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|
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(92.3
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)%
|
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, we recognized $1 million of income tax expense, which was comprised primarily of an adjustment of the benefit recognized in 2020 from utilizing the NOL carryback provisions of the CARES Act.
Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 includes $26 million of income tax expense from hotels sold during the period, partially offset by a TRS income tax benefit of $16 million from utilizing the NOL carryback provisions of the CARES Act.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
We seek to maintain sufficient amounts of liquidity with an appropriate balance of cash, debt and equity to provide financial flexibility. As of June 30, 2021, we had total cash and cash equivalents of $909 million and $35 million of restricted cash. Restricted cash primarily consists of cash restricted as to use by our debt agreements and reserves for capital expenditures in accordance with certain of our management agreements.
As a result of the economic uncertainty resulting from the effects of COVID-19, including decreased occupancy, ADR and RevPAR at our hotels, as described above under “Recent Events”, we expect our cash flows for the remainder of 2021 to be
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significantly lower than prior to COVID-19. We have taken several steps to preserve capital and increase liquidity, including drawing $1 billion from our Revolver in March 2020 (which we subsequently fully repaid), issuing $650 million of 2025 Senior Secured Notes in May 2020 (a portion of which was used to partially repay amounts outstanding under our Revolver and 2016 Term Loan), issuing $725 million of 2028 Senior Secured Notes in September 2020 (a portion of which was used to repay the 2016 Term Loan in full as well as a portion of the Revolver), issuing $750 million of 2029 Senior Secured Notes in May 2021 (a portion of which was used to partially repay the Revolver and the 2019 Term Facility), suspending our dividend following the payment of the first quarter 2020 dividend and implementing various cost saving initiatives at our hotels including temporary suspension of operations at certain hotels and selected restaurants and other businesses and outlets and reductions in budgeted capital expenditures for maintenance projects to approximately $40 million for 2021. We will continue to assess when the deferred capital expenditures will resume or if any of the deferred expenditures will be cancelled.
During the second quarter of 2021, we sold three consolidated hotels, the W New Orleans – French Quarter, the Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter and the Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill Navy Yard. The proceeds were used to fully repay the outstanding balance under the Revolver and a portion of the 2019 Term Facility. In July 2021, we sold the Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection, in San Francisco, California, for gross proceeds of $82 million and used the net proceeds to repay $77 million of the 2019 Term Facility. In June 2021, we executed an agreement to sell the Le Meridien San Francisco for a gross sales price of approximately $222 million. The sale is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021, and the gross sales price will be payable in cash at closing, subject to customary pro rations and adjustments. Net proceeds from the sale of the Le Meridien San Francisco will be used to repay a portion of the 2019 Term Facility.
We generated positive Hotel Adjusted EBITDA during the quarter ended June 30, 2021. With the availability under our Revolver and existing cash and cash equivalents as a result of net proceeds from the offering of our Senior Secured Notes and the proceeds from the sales of two consolidated hotels during the first quarter of 2020 and the sale of four consolidated hotels in 2021, we have sufficient liquidity to pay our near-term debt maturities and to fund other short-term liquidity obligations. We are maintaining higher than historical cash levels due to the continued uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, and we intend to do so until markets stabilize and demand in the lodging industry significantly recovers. In addition, we also may take other actions to improve our liquidity, such as the issuance of additional debt, equity or equity-linked securities, if we determine that doing so would be beneficial to us. However, there can no assurance as to the timing of any such issuance, which may be in the near term, or that any such additional financing will be completed on favorable terms, or at all. In 2020, we amended our credit facilities, which in addition to providing enhanced liquidity, extending the maturity of the Revolver and extending the waiver period for the testing of the financial covenants, placed certain restrictions on the Company, including limitations on our ability to make dividends and distributions (except to the extent required to maintain REIT status, the ability to pay a $0.01 per share per fiscal quarter dividend and certain other agreed exceptions).
Our known short-term liquidity requirements primarily consist of funds necessary to pay for operating expenses and other expenditures, including reimbursements to our hotel manager for payroll and related benefits, costs associated with the operation of our hotels, interest and scheduled principal payments on our outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures for renovations and maintenance at our hotels, corporate general and administrative expenses, and, when resumed, dividends to our stockholders. Many of the other expenses associated with our hotels are relatively fixed, including portions of rent expense, property taxes and insurance. Since we generally are unable to decrease these costs significantly or rapidly when demand for our hotels decreases, the resulting decline in our revenues can have a greater adverse effect on our net cash flow, margins and profits. Our long-term liquidity requirements primarily consist of funds necessary to pay for scheduled debt maturities, capital improvements at our hotels (to the extent not cancelled or deferred), and costs associated with potential acquisitions. Despite the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy and our business, we were able to access the debt capital markets during the past year to complete three separate offerings of our Senior Secured Notes.
Our commitments to fund capital expenditures for renovations and maintenance at our hotels will be funded by cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash to the extent permitted by our lending agreements and cash flow from operations. We have established reserves for capital expenditures (“FF&E reserve”) in accordance with our management and certain debt agreements. Generally, these agreements require that we fund 4% of hotel revenues into an FF&E reserve, unless such amounts have been incurred. As a result of COVID-19, our hotel managers have temporarily delayed contributions to the FF&E reserve accounts and in addition, have allowed our hotels to utilize, as needed, their FF&E reserve for operating expenses at the respective hotels, as long as the hotels remain in compliance with debt agreements.
Our cash management objectives continue to be to maintain the availability of liquidity, minimize operational costs, make debt payments and fund our capital expenditure programs and future acquisitions. Further, we have an investment policy that is focused on the preservation of capital and maximizing the return on new and existing investments.
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Stock Repurchase Program
In February 2019, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program allowing us to repurchase up to $300 million of our common stock over a two-year period, which ended in February 2021. We have not renewed the stock repurchase program at this time. Stock repurchases were made through open market purchases, in privately negotiated transactions, or in such other manner that complied with applicable securities laws. The timing of stock repurchases and the number of shares repurchased were dependent upon prevailing market conditions and other factors. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we repurchased 4.6 million shares of our common stock for a total purchase price of $66 million. No common stock was repurchased during the three months ended June 30, 2020.
Sources and Uses of Our Cash and Cash Equivalents
The following tables summarize our net cash flows and key metrics related to our liquidity:
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2021
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2020
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Percent Change
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(in millions)
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Net cash used in operating activities
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$
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(161
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)
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$
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(158
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)
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(1.9
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)%
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Net cash provided by investing activities
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|
|
154
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|
|
|
150
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|
|
|
2.7
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%
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Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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|
|
(30
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)
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931
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|
|
NM(1)
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(1) Percentage change is not meaningful.
Operating Activities
Cash flow from operating activities are primarily generated from the operating income generated at our hotels.
The $3 million increase in net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily due to an increase in cash paid for taxes of approximately $29 million, primarily associated with built-in gains from an asset sold in 2020, an increase in cash paid for interest of $36 million, mostly offset by an in increase in cash from operations as a result of the increase in occupancy as our hotels begin to recover from the effects of COVID-19.
Investing Activities
The $154 million in net cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily attributable to $168 million of net proceeds from the sale of three of our consolidated hotels, partially offset by $13 million in capital expenditures.
The $150 million in net cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily attributable to the $207 million in net proceeds received from the sale of hotels, partially offset by $56 million in capital expenditures.
Financing Activities
The $30 million in net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily attributable to $775 million of debt repayments and $15 million of debt issuance costs, partially offset by the issuance of $750 million of 2029 Senior Secured Notes and the $14 million mortgage loan secured by the Doubletree Spokane.
The $931 million in net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily attributable to borrowings of $1 billion from our Revolver as a result of COVID-19, the issuance of our $650 million 2025 Senior Secured Notes, partially offset by $392 million of debt repayments, $241 million in dividends paid and the repurchase of 4.5 million shares of our common stock for $66 million.
Dividends
As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain, and after utilization of any NOL carryforward to our stockholders on an annual basis. Therefore, as a general matter, it is unlikely that we will be able to retain substantial cash balances that could be used to meet our liquidity needs from our annual taxable income. Instead, we will need to meet these needs from external sources of capital and amounts, if any, by which our cash flow generated from operations exceeds taxable income. However, as a precautionary measure in light of COVID-19, after the payment of the first quarter dividend in 2020, we suspended our quarterly dividend.
Debt
As of June 30, 2021, our total indebtedness was approximately $5.1 billion, including approximately $2.1 billion of our Senior Secured Notes, as disclosed above, and excluding approximately $225 million of our share of debt of investments in affiliates.
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Substantially all the debt of such unconsolidated affiliates is secured solely by the affiliates’ assets or is guaranteed by other partners without recourse to us. Refer to Note 7: “Debt” in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Our off-balance sheet arrangements as of June 30, 2021 included construction contract commitments of approximately $55 million for capital expenditures at our properties. Our contracts contain clauses that allow us to cancel all or some portion of the work. If cancellation of a contract occurred, our commitment would be any costs incurred up to the cancellation date, in addition to any costs associated with the discharge of the contract.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of our financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods and the related disclosures in our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes. We have discussed those policies and estimates that we believe are critical and require the use of complex judgment in their application in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2021. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies or the methods or assumptions we apply.