U.S. hotels recorded mostly negative performance for the week ended March 16, according to STR data.
Year over year, occupancy fell 0.9%, to 70.2%, and average daily rate, or ADR, rose 0.6% to end the week at $134.50. Revenue per available room, or RevPAR, declined 0.3% to $94.40.
Philadelphia saw the steepest decline in occupancy of the top 25 U.S. markets, dropping 9.4%, to 65.5%, and RevPAR in Boston decreased 12.6% to $118.41, the biggest fall.
Chicago posted the biggest ADR decrease, dropping 5.4% to $124.85.
Los Angeles/Long Beach, Calif., posted the largest uptick in occupancy, with the metric rising 3.3%, to 85.1%, and New Orleans saw the largest jump in ADR, increasing 9.5% to $178.41.
Denver recorded the largest RevPAR growth at 9.1% to $104.57.