by Calculated Risk on 8/29/2019 01:15:00 PM

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 24 August

The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 18-24 August 2019, according to data from STR.

In comparison with the week of 19-25 August 2018, the industry recorded the following:

• Occupancy: +0.8% to 70.1%
• Average daily rate (ADR): +0.5% to US$128.57
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): +1.2% at US$90.08
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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 2019, dash light blue is 2018 (record year), blue is the median, and black is for 2009 (the worst year probably since the Great Depression for hotels).

Occupancy has been solid in 2019, and close to-date compared to the previous 4 years.

However occupancy will be lower this year than in 2018 (the record year), unless there is a strong boost due to hurricane impacted areas.

Seasonally, the occupancy rate will now start to decline as the peak summer travel season ends.

Data Source: STR, Courtesy of HotelNewsNow.com