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<a href="https://str.com/press-release/str-us-hotel-results-week-ending-24-december">STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 24 December</a>
U.S. hotel performance came in lower than the previous week and showed weakened comparisons to 2019 on the unfavorable side of a holiday calendar shift, according to STR‘s latest data through 24 December. At the same time, occupancy on the 24th was the highest for any Christmas Eve on record.
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<li>Christmas Eve occupancy came in at 43.6%, which topped the previous high established in 2021.</li>
<li>Among the Top 25 Markets, Houston reported the highest occupancy increase over 2019 (+3.4% to 43.1%).</li>
<li>Seattle posted the highest ADR lift over 2019 (+19.7% to US$130.07).</li>
<li>Miami saw the steepest ADR (-26.2% to US$225.08) and RevPAR (-42.4% to US$138.19) declines from 2019.</li>
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18-24 December 2022 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019):
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<li>Occupancy: 43.9% (-9.7%)</li>
<li>Average daily rate (ADR): US$132.29 (2.3%)</li>
<li>Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$58.04 (-7.6%)</li>
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<img src="/images/blogimages/2022-week-52-occupancy.png" alt="STR Occupancy Data" width="4000" height="2250">

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