by Calculated Risk on 8/25/2023 08:21:00 AM
Friday, August 25, 2023
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased Slightly Year-over-year
Following seasonal patterns, U.S. hotel performance declined from the previous week but showed most positive comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 19 August. ...The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.
13-19 August 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2022):
• Occupancy: 67.0% (-0.1%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): US$154.10 (+1.8%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$103.22 (+1.8%)
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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 for 2018, the record year for hotel occupancy.
The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is below the median rate for the period 2000 through 2022 (Blue).
Note: Y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the seasonal change.
The 4-week average of the occupancy rate has peaked for the year.