Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 4.1% Compared to Same Week in 2019

From CoStar: STR: US Hotels Set Another Record for Revenue Per Available Room

U.S. hotel performance continued to climb with another weekly record established for revenue per available room (RevPAR) on a nominal basis, according to STR‘s latest data through 25 June.

June 19-25, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):

• Occupancy: 72.3% (-4.1%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): $157.05 (+17.1%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $113.55 (+12.3%)

*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.  Dashed purple is 2019 (STR is comparing to a strong year for hotels).

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is at 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 couple of months.