by Calculated Risk on 3/03/2019 12:21:00 PM

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 23 February

The U.S. hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 17-23 February 2019, according to data from STR.

In comparison with the week of 18-24 February 2018, the industry recorded the following:

• Occupancy: -1.7% to 64.7%
• Average daily rate (ADR): +1.7% to US$129.05
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): flat at US$83.43
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The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four week average.

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The red line is for 2019, dash light blue is 2018, blue is the median, and black is for 2009 (the worst year probably since the Great Depression for hotels).

A decent start for 2019 - about the same as the previous 4 years..

Seasonally, the occupancy rate will increase over the next month or so into the Spring travel season.

Data Source: STR, Courtesy of HotelNewsNow.com