U.S. HOTEL PERFORMANCE stayed below the levels of the previous week as anticipated, according to CoStar. Occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR all saw declines compared to the preceding week. However, year-over-year comparisons remained positive.
Occupancy dropped to 54.7 percent for the week ending Dec. 16, down from the previous week’s 58.7 percent, but reflected a year-over-year increase of 1.1 percent. ADR decreased to $142.62, compared to the previous week’s $153.36, showing a 4.7 percent uptick from the prior year. RevPAR also declined to $77.99, compared to the prior week’s $89.98, indicating a 5.8 percent increase from the corresponding period in 2022.
Among the top 25 markets, San Francisco saw the largest year-over-year increases in all three key performance metrics: occupancy surged by 32.0 percent to 70.2 percent, ADR soared 21.5 percent to $223.78, and RevPAR increased by 60.3 percent to $157.14.
Chicago experienced the sharpest RevPAR decline, falling by 13.5 percent to $64.61, while Washington, D.C., saw a 6.7 percent decrease to $90.28.