U.S. hotels posted positive performance for the week ended May 26, according to STR data.
Year over year, revenue per available room ticked up 2.7% to $92.07, while the average daily rate increased 2.4% to $130.46. Occupancy rose 0.3% to 70.6%.
Seattle saw the largest increase in ADR of the top 25 U.S. markets, rising 14.1% to $188.07, while Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla., recorded the steepest RevPAR climb of 17.2% to $106.51.
Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va., saw the largest rise in occupancy, with the metric rising 9.2%, to 71.1%.
Orlando, Fla., saw RevPAR decline 8.4% to $85.92, the largest decrease, and posted the steepest ADR fall, dropping 2.0% to $117.39. On the occupancy front, New Orleans reported the sharpest decline, falling 6.9%, to 69.8%.
