by Calculated Risk on 3/31/2022 12:33:00 PM
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 5.5% Compared to Same Week in 2019
With lower Spring Break travel volume, U.S. hotel performance dipped slightly from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through March 26.The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.
March 20-26, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):
• Occupancy: 65.5% (-5.5%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): $149.38 (+13.5%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $97.92 (+7.3%)
*Due to the pandemic impact, STR is measuring recovery against comparable time periods from 2019.
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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 just below 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 now mostly move sideways seasonally until the summer.