at Calculated Risk on 11/08/2024 02:11:00 PM
The US hotel industry reported positive year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 19 October. …
27 October through 2 November 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023):
• Occupancy: 60.8% (+1.9%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): US$154.99 (+1.2%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$94.22 (+3.1%)
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The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.
The red line is for 2024, blue is the median, and dashed light blue is for 2023. Dashed purple is for 2018, the record year for hotel occupancy.
Note: Y-axis doesn’t start at zero to better show the seasonal change.
The 4-week average of the occupancy rate has peaked for the fall business travel season and will decline seasonally through the holidays.