by Calculated Risk on 10/08/2023 08:11:00 AM

From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 30 September

As expected, U.S. hotel performance was lower than the previous week, but year-over-year comparisons were improved, according to CoStar’s latest data through 30 September.

24-30 September 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2022):

• Occupancy: 66.7% (+0.8%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): US$157.89 (+4.6%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$105.31 (+5.4%)
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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 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 tracking close to last year, and just above 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 will pick up a little more during the Fall business travel season before declining in the Winter months.