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Article - Early Easter Pushes U.S. Spring Break Peak Forward a Week in 2024 - Spring break season is officially here, and tracking school calendar data becomes critical during this time in order to predict travel demand across the U.S. The swings in academic calendar patterns from year to year can generate substantial waves in hotel performance, as vacation scheduling directly impacts over 50 million public K-12 students and their families across the country.

School is now fully in session in the U.S., and upcoming fall schedules are the first opportunity this season for hoteliers to capitalize on an influx of traveling students and their families. More specifically, the hotel industry can plan on peak fall break demand during the first half of October 2023.

The post-holiday doldrums appear to be ending. U.S. hotel occupancy advanced again, rising 0.8 percentage points to 50.4% in the week ending 5 February 2022. This was the first time in the past five weeks that weekly occupancy surpassed the 50% level, although the index to 2019 fell from the prior week. All day categories saw growth in the week led by shoulder days (Sunday & Thursday) and the weekend (Friday & Saturday). Weekdays (Monday-Wednesday) also advanced. Average daily rate (ADR) increased by its largest rate since the holidays, up 2.1% week over week, driven by a weekend incre...

Spring Break A Big Splash For Florida Hotels share this article 1 min Spring Break 2021 didn't just dive in, it made a cannonball-sized splash for Florida hotels and other U.S. destinations. Advertisements When looking at STR's School Break Report, 39% of college students and just 7% of K-12 students were on break beginning 6 March. Despite this slightly low percentage, all signs pointed to a strong spring break period right out of the gate. The STR-defined Florida Keys market, at that point, was the only U.S. market to reach an 80% occupancy level—at 85.9% for the openin...