by Calculated Risk on 5/15/2015 03:51:00 PM

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 9 May

The U.S. hotel industry recorded positive results in the three key performance measurements during the week of 3-9 May 2015, according to data from STR, Inc.

In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy increased 1.3 percent to 67.0 percent. Average daily rate increased 4.8 percent to finish the week at US$120.59. Revenue per available room for the week was up 6.1 percent to finish at US$80.85.
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Note: ADR: Average Daily Rate, RevPAR: Revenue per Available Room.

The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four week average.

Hotels are now in the Spring travel period and business travel is solid.

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The red line is for 2015, dashed orange is 2014, blue is the median, and black is for 2009 - the worst year since the Great Depression for hotels.  Purple is for 2000.

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is solidly above the median for 2000-2007, and solidly above last year.

Right now 2015 is even above 2000 (best year for hotels) - and 2015 will probably be the best year on record for hotels.  Note the solid gains for RevPAR too.

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