New York City Spend Signals

Real-time hospitality spend intelligence across dining, entertainment, retail, and lodging

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Total Hospitality Spend

$2.41B

↑ 8.2% YoY

+14.3% vs 2019

Avg Transaction

$127

↑ 4.1% YoY

Transaction Volume

19.0M

↑ 3.9% YoY

volume — no adjustment

International Share

34%

↑ 2.1 pts YoY

Spend per Visitor

$312

↑ 6.8% YoY

NYC Hospitality CPI: +3.8% YoY (BLS blended: dining, lodging, recreation, retail) — +24.1% cumulative since 2019

Real values deflated using DATABUDDIE Hospitality CPI™ — a category-weighted blend of BLS CPI components for food away from home, lodging, recreation & retail (NYC-Newark-Jersey City MSA, Dec 2025)

Spend by Category

Hospitality spend breakdown by merchant category

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Cardholder Origin

Domestic vs international spend split

34%

Int'l

Domestic $1.59B ↑ 6.1%

International $820M ↑ 12.4%

International spend growing 2x faster than domestic

Top International Origins

International spend by origin country

#	Origin	Spend	Share	YoY
1	GB United Kingdom	$142M	17.3%	↑ 14.2%
2	CA Canada	$98M	12.0%	↑ 8.7%
3	BR Brazil	$76M	9.3%	↑ 22.1%
4	FR France	$68M	8.3%	↑ 11.4%
5	DE Germany	$54M	6.6%	↑ 9.3%
6	MX Mexico	$51M	6.2%	↑ 18.6%
7	JP Japan	$47M	5.7%	↑ 31.2%
8	AU Australia	$44M	5.4%	↑ 15.8%
9	IT Italy	$38M	4.6%	↑ 10.1%
10	KR South Korea	$35M	4.3%	↑ 28.4%

Top Domestic Origins

Domestic spend by origin region

#	Origin	Spend	Share	YoY
1	NY New York (Local)	$498M	31.3%	↑ 4.2%
2	FL Florida	$143M	9.0%	↑ 7.8%
3	TX Texas	$127M	8.0%	↑ 9.1%
4	CA California	$118M	7.4%	↑ 5.6%
5	NJ New Jersey	$112M	7.0%	↑ 3.8%
6	PA Pennsylvania	$89M	5.6%	↑ 6.2%
7	CT Connecticut	$72M	4.5%	↑ 4.9%
8	GA Georgia	$54M	3.4%	↑ 11.2%

Day-of-Week Pattern

Spend index by day (100 = weekly average)

Mon 87

Tue 82

Wed 91

Thu 98

Fri 118

Sat 134

Sun 112

Weekend premium: Sat/Sun spend 24% above weekday average

Monthly Spend Trend

Total hospitality spend by month (2026 vs 2025)

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2026 2025

Cross-Signal Correlations

How spend relates to other market indicators

Arrivals → Spend

+0.94

Strong positive: More arrivals = more spend

Hotel Occupancy → F&B

+0.87

High occupancy drives restaurant demand

Broadway Grosses → Dining

+0.82

Theater nights lift nearby restaurants

Weather (Temp) → Retail

+0.31

Modest: Better weather = more shopping

Int'l Arrivals → Luxury Retail

+0.91

Int'l visitors drive high-end purchases

Spend Lag from Booking

~14 days

OTA bookings predict spend 2 weeks ahead

Nominal Growth → Real Growth

−3.8pp

Hospitality CPI spread: subtract 3.8pp from nominal YoY for real signal

Key Insights

Notable patterns and anomalies

Real spend still -7.8% below 2019: Despite +14.3% nominal growth vs pre-pandemic, cumulative NYC hospitality inflation of 24.1% means the market hasn't recovered in real terms. Volume recovery ≠ value recovery.

Japanese visitor spend surging (+31% YoY nominal, ~26% real) — Yen stabilization and new direct routes driving record tourism from Japan, outpacing inflation significantly.

Broadway spillover effect: Restaurants within 3 blocks of Times Square see 22% higher spend on show nights vs non-show nights.

Avg transaction flat in real terms (+0.3%): The headline +4.1% YoY transaction growth is almost entirely price inflation. Visitors aren't buying more — they're paying more.

Experiential outpacing dining in real growth: At +6.0% real vs +5.8% real, experiences are gaining wallet share — a premiumization signal that persists after inflation adjustment.

NYC Hospitality CPI

BLS price indices by hospitality category, Dec 2025 YoY

Food Away from Home +3.1%

Shelter / Lodging +4.2%

Recreation +5.0%

Apparel & Retail +1.5%

             Hospitality CPI (Blended)
            +3.8%
          

NYC Headline CPI +3.4%

US National CPI +2.7%

Cumulative Hospitality Inflation Since 2019

+24.1%

$100 of hospitality spend in 2019 now costs $124.10 — real purchasing power gap explains why nominal "recovery" overstates market health

Source: BLS CPI NYC-Newark-Jersey City MSA, Dec 2025. Hospitality CPI is DATABUDDIE's proprietary category-weighted blend.

Methodology

Data sources and inflation adjustment

Spend signals are derived from proprietary multi-signal models developed by DATABUDDIE. Our methodology combines multiple independent economic proxies to estimate real-time hospitality spend at the market level.

Inflation adjustment: Real values use DATABUDDIE Hospitality CPI™, a category-weighted blend of BLS CPI sub-indices for the NYC-Newark-Jersey City MSA: food away from home (42%), lodging away from home (16%), recreation (24%), and apparel/retail (18%). Weights reflect NYC hospitality spend composition.

Data is validated against official NYC tourism statistics, quarterly earnings from public hospitality companies, and Census Bureau retail indicators.

Update frequency: Weekly (Wednesdays) | Lag: T+5 days | CPI update: Monthly (BLS release)

Commercial Corridor Intelligence

BID health metrics and license velocity for tourism-critical corridors

Tourism BIDs Tracked

3,215

Storefronts

202M

Annual Foot Traffic

8.3%

Avg Vacancy Rate

Corridor	Neighborhood	Health Index	Foot Traffic	Vacancy	Assessment YoY
Times Square Alliance	Midtown	78	50.0M	8.1%	+4.2%
Bryant Park Corporation	Midtown	75	12.0M	4.8%	+5.1%
DUMBO Improvement District	DUMBO, Brooklyn	73	9.2M	5.4%	+6.2%
Hudson Yards / Hell's Kitchen	Hudson Yards	71	18.0M	6.1%	+8.4%
Grand Central Partnership	Midtown East	69	28.0M	9.2%	+2.8%
Alliance for Downtown NY	Financial District	65	32.0M	11.4%	+3.1%

Verified Data Sources: NYC SBS BID Trends Reports, DCWP Legally Operating Businesses, NYC Open Data open data API API