Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001298946-25-000049
Chunk: 83

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-05-02
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 83
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 hotels after the payment of fees due to hotel managers and hotel brands, which are calculated based on the revenues and profitability of each hotel. 

Our strategy is to apply aggressive asset management, prudent financial strategy, and disciplined capital allocation to high quality lodging properties in North American urban and resort markets with superior growth prospects and high barriers-to-entry. Our goal is to deliver long-term stockholder returns that exceed those generated by our peers through a combination of dividends and enduring capital appreciation. 

Our primary business is to acquire, own, renovate and asset manage premium hotel properties in the United States. Our portfolio is concentrated in major urban markets and destination resort locations. All of our hotels are managed by a third party—either an independent operator or a brand operator, such as Marriott. 

We critically evaluate each of our hotels to ensure that we own a portfolio of hotels that conforms to our vision, supports our mission and corresponds with our strategy. On a regular basis, we analyze our portfolio to identify opportunities to invest capital in certain projects or market non-core assets for sale to increase our portfolio quality. We are committed to a conservative capital structure with prudent leverage. We regularly assess the availability and affordability of capital in order to maximize stockholder value and minimize enterprise risk.  In addition, we are committed to following sound corporate governance practices and to being open and transparent in our communications with our stockholders.

Our Revenues and Expenses

Our revenue is primarily derived from hotel operations, including but not limited to, rooms revenue, food and beverage revenue and other operating revenue, which consists of parking, spa, resort fees, other guest services, and tenant leases.

Our operating costs and expenses consist of the costs to provide hotel services, including rooms expense, food and beverage expense, other departmental and support expenses, management and franchise fees, and other property-level expenses. Rooms expense includes housekeeping and front office wages and payroll taxes, room supplies, laundry services and other costs. Food and beverage expense includes the cost of food, beverages, and associated labor costs. Other departmental and support expenses include labor and other costs associated with the other operating department revenue, as well as labor and other costs associated with administrative departments, sales and marketing, information technology systems, repairs and maintenance and utility costs. Our hotels that are subject to franchise agreements are charged a royalty fee, plus additional fees for marketing, central reservation systems and other franchisor costs, in order for the hotel properties to operate under the respective brands. Franchise fees are based on a percentage of room revenue, and for certain hotels