by Calculated Risk on 3/10/2023 04:11:00 PM

From CoStar: STR: Weekly US Hotel Performance Falls From Prior Week

U.S. hotel performance fell from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through March 4.

Feb. 26 through March 4, 2023 (percentage change from comparable weeks in 2022, 2019):

• Occupancy: 62.8% (+3.0%, -5.6%)
• verage daily rate (ADR): $151.35 (+8.9%, +14.1%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $95.06 (+12.1%, +7.7%)

*Due to the pandemic impact, STR is measuring recovery against comparable time periods from 2019. Year-over-year comparisons will once again become standard after Q1.
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The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.

NOTE: Last year, the occupancy rate was close to normal after the first quarter (depressed due to a surge in COVID), so STR will only be comparing to 2022 after Q1.

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The red line is for 2023, black is 2020, blue is the median, and dashed light blue is for 2022.  Dashed purple is 2019 (STR is comparing to a strong year for hotels).

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is close to the median rate for the previous 20 years (Blue).

Note: Y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the seasonal change.

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate will increase seasonally for several more weeks.