by Calculated Risk on 6/09/2023 08:49:00 AM

From STR: STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 3 June

As expected with the Memorial Day holiday, U.S. hotel performance decreased from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through 3 June.

28 May through 3 June 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2022):

• Occupancy: 61.6% (-2.3%)
• Average daily rate (ADR): US$150.28 (+1.3%)
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$92.55 (-1.0%)
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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 2023, black is 2020, blue is the median, and dashed light blue is for 2022.  Dashed purple is for 2018, the record year for hotel occupancy. 

The 4-week average of the occupancy rate is at the median rate for the period 2000 through 2022 (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 during the summer travel season.