U.S. hotel performance increased slightly during the week of Nov. 7-13 from the previous week, according to STR's latest data. Occupancy reached 61.6 percent, up from 59.8 percent the week before but down 3.9 percent from the comparable week in 2019. Average daily rate was $129.98, up 2.6 percent from 2019, and revenue per available room was $80.02, down 1.4 percent from two years ago.
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Top Markets
Among the top 25 markets, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va., saw the only occupancy increase over 2019, improving 8.8 percent to 60.6 percent. San Francisco/San Mateo experienced the steepest occupancy decline from 2019, down 35.8 percent to 55.8 percent.
New Orleans reported the largest ADR increase when compared with 2019, up 35.3 percent to $192.95.
The largest RevPAR deficits were in San Francisco/San Mateo, down 55.6 percent to $93.55, and Chicago, down 38.5 percent to $66.78.