DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

General

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) is a self-managed hotel investment company that was organized on June 30, 2010 as a Maryland corporation. The Company holds both general and limited partnership interests in Summit Hotel OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership also organized on June 30, 2010. Unless the context otherwise requires, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

We focus on owning premium-branded hotels with efficient operating models primarily in the Upscale segment of the lodging industry. At December 31, 2021, our portfolio consisted of 74 hotels with a total of 11,518 guestrooms located in 23 states. At December 31, 2021, we own 100% of the outstanding equity interests in 61 of 74 of our hotels. We own a 51% controlling interest in 13 hotels through a joint venture.

As of December 31, 2021, 90% of our guestrooms were located in the top 50 metropolitan statistical areas (“MSAs”), 96% were located within the top 100 MSAs and all of our hotel guestrooms operated under premium franchise brands owned by Marriott® International, Inc. (“Marriott”), Hilton® Worldwide (“Hilton”), Hyatt® Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt”) and InterContinental® Hotels Group (“IHG”).

In January 2022, we significantly expanded the size of our portfolio with the acquisition of 26 hotel properties, containing an aggregate of 3,533 guestrooms, and two parking structures, containing 1,002 spaces for an aggregate purchase price of $766.0 million from NewcrestImage (the "NCI Transaction"). As part of the same portfolio purchase, we expect to complete the purchase of one additional hotel, the 176-guestroom Canopy by Hilton New Orleans (the “Canopy New Orleans”) upon completion of its construction, which is expected to occur during the first quarter of 2022, for a purchase price of $56.0 million. The portfolio acquisition was completed through our joint venture. For additional information, see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2022.

As of February 11, 2022, including the NCI Transaction, our portfolio consisted of 100 hotels with a total of 15,051 guestrooms located in 24 states. We own our hotels fee simple, except for five hotels which are subject to ground leases. As of February 11, 2022, we own 100% of the outstanding equity interests in 61 of 100 of our hotels. We own a 51% controlling interest in 39 hotels through a joint venture. As of February 11, 2022, 86% of our guestrooms were located in the top 50 MSAs and 91% were located within the top 100 MSAs.

We have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. To qualify as a REIT, we cannot operate or manage our hotels. Accordingly, all of our hotels are leased to our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS Lessees”).

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties as a result of the effects of the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, designated as COVID-19 (“COVID-19”) and its variants (the "Pandemic"), for at least the near future. The Pandemic has had a significant negative effect on the U.S. and global economies, including a rapid and sharp decline in all forms of travel, both domestic and international, and a significant decline in hotel demand. These conditions resulted in a substantial decline in our revenues, profitability and cash flows from operations beginning in March 2020.

During 2021, we experienced improvement in our business driven primarily by leisure travel and to a lesser extent modest improvement in other demand segments. The improvement was the result of a significant increase in the administration of vaccines globally as well as the easing of government restrictions and guidance in most jurisdictions. A recovery in business travel and group business has been slower to date. We anticipate that continued improvement in operating trends will be dependent on continued growth in leisure travel and a recovery of business travel. More broadly, a return to normalized levels of operations is dependent upon the dissipation of concerns related to the Pandemic, continued easing of government restrictions and guidance, restoration of consumer confidence, and a recovery in corporate and overall travel-related demand.

Beginning in March 2020, the Company took several actions to reduce costs and manage liquidity to mitigate the effects of the Pandemic on the Company. We continue to engage in certain steps to reduce costs and manage liquidity while taking appropriate actions to maintain guest safety and satisfaction.

It is currently extremely difficult to predict the length of time it will take for us to return to pre-pandemic operational and financial performance. Despite the uncertainty, based on the actions we have taken, we believe we have sufficient cash and access to liquidity to meet our obligations for at least the next twelve months and beyond, and to continue to pursue selective growth opportunities.