U.S. weekly hotel occupancy eclipsed 50% for the first time in more than a month, but the index to 2019 dipped from the week prior, according to STR‘s latest data through 5 February.
Jan. 30 through Feb. 5, 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*):
• Occupancy: 50.4% (-15.8%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): $125.06 (-1.2%)
• evenue per available room (RevPAR): $63.05 (-16.8%)*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.
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 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 increase seasonally over the next few months.