Hotels across Canada recorded negative year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of July 7-13, according to the latest data from STR.
Compared to July 8-14, 2018, the industry reported an occupancy drop of 1.5 percent to 76.4 percent, a 0.7 percent decline in average daily rate (ADR) to CAD$139.44 and a 2.2 percent decrease in revenue per available room to CAD$139.44.
Among the provinces and territories, Nova Scotia experienced the highest rise in occupancy (up 7.7 percent to 84.7 percent) and the only double-digit jump in RevPAR (11 percent to CAD$137.35).
New Brunswick posted the largest lift in ADR (up 4.2 percent to CAD$140.55) and the second largest increase in RevPAR (up 6.3 percent to CAD$106.77).
Newfoundland and Labrador saw the steepest decline in RevPAR (down 20.3 percent to CAD$93.86), due primarily to the largest drop in ADR (down 15 percent to CAD$137.42).
Prince Edward Island registered the largest decrease in occupancy (down 8.3 percent to 79.7 percent) and the second steepest decline in RevPAR (down 9.2 percent to CAD$146.10).