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U.S. revenue per available room (RevPAR) grew 2.8% year over year (YoY) for the week ending 18 May 2024. Once again group and midweek demand across the upper chain scales drove performance. The increase in RevPAR was driven almost entirely by average daily rate (ADR), which rose 2.6%. Occupancy was up 0.1 percentage points (ppts) at 67.4%, which was the highest weekly occupancy of 2024 but still 3.0 ppts below the 2019 comparable.
RevPAR improved 2.0% year over year (YoY) in February, reflecting the continued return to pre-COVID patterns of low single-digit gains. Remove Las Vegas from the equation, however, and February RevPAR was down 1.4% YoY. The overall RevPAR increase was due to a solid YoY increase (+3.9%) in ADR, which was partially offset by an occupancy decline of 1.1 percentage points to 58.9%.
The year 2024 will see the opening of 31 new hotels in Dubai, while 2025 is expected to add 16 new hotels to the mix. This translates to a cumulative total of 851 by the end of 2024 and 867 by the end of 2025, a new report from Cavendish Maxwell says.
Article - STR Commentary on U.S. Hotel Performance for February 2024 - RevPAR improved 2.0% year over year (YoY) in February, reflecting the continued return to pre-COVID patterns of low single-digit gains. Remove Las Vegas from the equation, however, and February RevPAR was down 1.4% YoY. The overall RevPAR increase was due to a solid YoY increase (+3.9%) in ADR, which was partially offset by an occupancy decline of 1.1 percentage points to 58.9%.
Super Bowl LVIII, hosted in Las Vegas, was responsible for the U.S. hotel industry’s strong year-over-year (YoY) growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR), which was up 3.9% and driven entirely by a 6.8% increase in average daily rate (ADR). U.S. occupancy fell 1.5 ppts as business slowed ahead of the big game. Without Las Vegas’ ADR contribution, U.S. ADR would have been flat compared to last year and RevPAR down 3%. It is important to note that this week’s data only runs through Saturday, and Las Vegas will continue to impact results into the following week given that game day was ...