U.S. hotels posted positive performance for the week ended Sept. 21, according to STR data.
Year over year, revenue per available room increased 7.0% to $96.04, and average daily rate increased 4.8% to finish the week at $134.70. Occupancy ticked up 2.1%, to 71.3%. STR analysts cited the Yom Kippur calendar shift as the reason behind the notable increase in many markets.
San Francisco/San Mateo, Calif., saw the largest increase in ADR of the top 25 U.S. markets, adding 19.6% to $300.54, while Boston logged the highest RevPAR increase at 26.6% to $209.42.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va., posted the largest increase in occupancy, with the metric rising 17.7%, to 66.1%.
Seattle saw RevPAR fall 2.2% to $154.45, the largest decrease, and logged the biggest ADR decline, sliding 2.9% to $181.08.
On the occupancy front, Detroit reported the sharpest decline, falling 4.4%, to 73.1%.
