by Calculated Risk on 3/18/2022 08:30:00 AM

From CoStar: STR: US Hotel Performance Increases From Previous Week

Overall U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through March 12.

March 6-12, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):

• Occupancy: 63.2% (-9.8%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): $144.68 (+7.7%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $91.45 (-2.8%)

*Due to the pandemic impact, STR is measuring recovery against comparable time periods from 2019.
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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 2022, black is 2020, blue is the median, and dashed light blue is for 2021.

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is close to the median rate for the previous 20 years (Blue).

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

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate will increase seasonally over the next few weeks.