by Calculated Risk on 7/10/2014 08:40:00 PM

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 5 July

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy rate increased 4.4 percent to 66.0 percent. Average daily rate increased 4.5 percent to finish the week at US$112.40. Revenue per available room for the week was up 9.0 percent to finish at US$74.14.
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Note: ADR: Average Daily Rate, RevPAR: Revenue per Available Room.

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is solidly above the median for 2000-2007, and is at the same level as in 2000. 

The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate for the last 15 years using the four week average.

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The red line is for 2014 and black is for 2009 - the worst year since the Great Depression for hotels.  Note: 2001 was briefly worse than 2009 in September.


Right now it looks like 2014 will be the best year since 2000 for hotels.   A very strong year ...

Data Source: Smith Travel Research, Courtesy of HotelNewsNow.com