U.S. weekly hotel occupancy eclipsed 50 percent for the first time in more than a month at the first week of February, but the index to 2019 was down from the week before, according to STR's latest data.
For the week of Jan. 30 through Feb. 5, occupancy reached 50.4 percent, down 15.8 percent from the comparable week in 2019. Average daily rate was $125.06, down 1.2 percent, while revenue per available room was $63.05, down 16.8 percent.
Top Markets
While none of the top 25 markets recorded an occupancy increase over 2019, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va., came closest to its prepandemic comparable (-0.6 percent to 47.3 percent). San Francisco/San Mateo experienced the largest occupancy decrease from 2019 (-52.1 percent to 38.4 percent).
Miami posted the highest ADR increase over 2019 (+16.6 percent to $285.03).
The steepest RevPAR deficits were in San Francisco/San Mateo (-71.3 percent to $58.98) and Washington, D.C. (-48.3 percent to $43.58).