Hpositalitynet.org have just published the September 2022 top-line metrics.
Some key points from the month:
- Demand surpassed the pre-pandemic comparable for the second time, while real RevPAR was ahead of 2019 for the first time.
- For the first time on record, September occupancy outpaced August, largely due to heightened shoulder day and weekend occupancy.
- Group demand remained nearly 4% below the pre-pandemic comparable, but group RevPAR outpaced 2019 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
- Top 25 Market demand fell just 0.5% short of the pre-pandemic mark, the best such demand index to date.
- U.S. hotel gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) improved from the month prior and exceeded the pre-pandemic comparable.