Reflecting seasonality and greater concern around the Delta variant, U.S. hotel occupancy and average daily rate dropped from the previous weeks, according to STR‘s latest data.
For the week of Aug. 1–7, occupancy reached 68 percent, down 8.3 percent from the comparable week in 2019. ADR reached $140.97, up 5.1 percent from 2019, and revenue per available room reached $95.89, down 3.6 percent.
Last week, occupancy was 70.1 percent, ADR was was $142.76 and RevPAR was $100.07.
Top Markets
Among the Top 25 Markets, Houston saw the highest occupancy increase over 2019, up 4.3 percent to 62.5 percent.
In California, San Francisco/San Mateo experienced the steepest decline in occupancy when compared with 2019, dropping 38.6 percent to 55.9 percent.
In Florida, Miami reported the largest ADR increase over 2019 (up 31.6 percent to $198.61), while Tampa registered the largest RevPAR increase when compared with 2019 (up 21.6 percent to $98.81).
The largest RevPAR drops were in San Francisco/San Mateo (down 59.2 percent to $93.96) and New York City (down 41.2 percent to $131.82).