by Calculated Risk on 5/27/2010 01:46:00 PM

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: Urban hotels top weekly performance

Overall, the industry’s occupancy increased 4.0 percent to 61.6 percent, ADR ended the week virtually flat with a 0.3-percent decrease to US$98.15, and RevPAR rose 3.7 percent to US$60.49.

The occupancy rate has been running about 3% to 4% above 2009 for the last three months. The following graph shows the occupancy rate by week and the 52 week rolling average since 2000.

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Notes: the scale doesn't start at zero to better show the change.

The graph shows the distinct seasonal pattern for the occupancy rate; higher in the summer because of leisure/vacation travel, and lower on certain holidays.

The occupancy rate is running above 2009 - the worst year since the Depression - but still well below the normal level of close to 67% for this week.

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