by Calculated Risk on 6/24/2021 10:59:00 AM

Note: The year-over-year occupancy comparisons are easy, since occupancy declined sharply at the onset of the pandemic.  So STR is comparing to the same week in 2019.

The occupancy rate is down 9.9% compared to the same week in 2019. Leisure (weekend) occupancy has recovered, but weekday (more business) is still down double digits.

From CoStar: STR: US Hotel Occupancy Reaches Highest Level in More Than 19 Weeks

U.S. weekly hotel occupancy hit its highest level in 85 weeks, according to STR‘s latest data through June 19.

June 13-19, 2021 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):

• Occupancy: 68.0% (-9.9%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): US$128.90 (-4.4%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$87.62 (-13.8%)

In addition to occupancy reaching its highest point since the week ending November 9, 2019, ADR and RevPAR were pandemic-era highs.
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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 2021, black is 2020, blue is the median, dashed purple is 2019, and dashed light blue is for 2009 (the worst year on record for hotels prior to 2020).

Occupancy is now above the horrible 2009 levels and weekend occupancy (leisure) has been solid.

Note: Y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the seasonal change.

With solid leisure travel, the next two months should have decent occupancy - but it is uncertain what will happen in the Fall with business travel.