HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee—Oahu Island, Hawaii, led the top 25 U.S. markets in performance increases during the week of 29 April-5 May, according to data from STR.
The market’s occupancy rose 16% to 83.9%, its average daily rate was up 13.2% to $186.75, and its revenue per available room jumped 31.4% to $156.73.
Overall, the U.S. hotel industry’s occupancy was up 5.1% to 63.2%, its ADR increased 5.2% to $107.18 and its RevPAR jumped 10.5% to $67.70.
Philadelphia posted the largest occupancy decrease, falling 2.4% to 68.6%.
New Orleans was the only market, other than Oahu Island, to report a double-digit ADR increase, rising 12.5% to $164.46. Washington, D.C., fell 2.1% in ADR to $159.35, reporting the largest decrease in that metric.
Philadelphia was the only top market to report a RevPAR decrease, falling 1.1% to $86.19.
Among the chain-scale segments, the midscale segment reported the largest occupancy gain with an increase of 6.7% to 56.6%, followed by the independent segment (+6.3% to 59.6%) and the luxury segment (+6% to 78%).
The independent segment reported the largest increases in ADR (+6% to $102.39) and RevPAR (+12.6% to $60.99) for the week.
