U.S. weekly hotel performance during the week of Nov. 21-27 came in higher than any other Thanksgiving week on record, according to STR's latest data. Occupancy reached 53 percent, up 4.6 percent from the comparable week in 2019. Average daily rate for the week was $128.41, up 14.3 percent from two years ago, and revenue per available room was $68, up 19.6 percent.
During the comparable week in 2020, occupancy was 36.2 percent, ADR was $92.49 while RevPAR was $33.49.
Top Markets
Among the top 25 markets, Dallas saw the largest occupancy increase over 2019, up 12.2 percent to 54.8 percent. Oahu Island, Hawaii, experienced the steepest occupancy decline from 2019, down 25.3 percent to 58.5 percent.
Phoenix reported the largest ADR increase when compared with 2019, up 35.1 percent to $143.30. None of the top 25 markets posted lower ADR decline than the 2019 comparable.
The largest RevPAR deficits were in Oahu Island (down 20.7 percent to $147.63) and San Francisco/San Mateo (down 18.1 percent to $76.37).