HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—The Canadian hotel industry reported increases in all three key performance measurements during the week of 9-15 May 2010, according to data from STR.
In year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy increased 4.9 percent to 63.9 percent. Average daily rate ended the week virtually flat with a 0.5-percent increase to CAD$127.26. Revenue per available room for the week was up 5.4 percent to CAD$81.28.
Manitoba reported the largest increases in all three key performance metrics among the provinces. It rose 12.4 percent in occupancy to 75.2 percent, ADR was up 9.0 percent to CAD$115.95, and RevPAR jumped 22.5 percent to CAD$87.20.
British Columbia ended the week with a 10.1-percent increase in occupancy to 67.8 percent. Prince Edward Island fell 11.8 percent in occupancy to 44.2 percent, reporting the largest decrease in that metric, followed by Alberta with a 7.3-percent decrease to 58.1 percent.
New Brunswick reported the largest ADR decrease, falling 5.5 percent to CAD$110.58, followed by Alberta (-3.0 percent to CAD$134.25) and Prince Edward Island (-2.1 percent to CAD$90.15).
Excluding Manitoba, British Columbia was the only province to report a double-digit RevPAR increase, rising 14.3 percent to CAD$98.10. Two provinces posted RevPAR decreases of more than 10 percent: Prince Edward Island (-13.8 percent to CAD$39.80) and Alberta (-10.1 percent to CAD$78.06).
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