Isaac Collazo

U.S. hotel performance surged in the final week of March, capping off a historic first quarter for the industry.

U.S. hotels finally are in a "real growth" environment.

March continued strong as U.S. hotel room demand increased for a seventh consecutive week and at the highest level since mid-February.

The U.S. hotel industry continued to distance itself from a down year in 2025 as hotel demand increased for the sixth consecutive week with a 3% gain in the week of March 8-14.

ATLANTA — Amid the backdrop of the 2026 Hunter Hotel Investment Conference, the co-hosts of "Tell Me More: A Hospitality Data Podcast" shared a quick gut check on U.S. hotel industry health at this ...

U.S. hotel revenue per available room kicked off March with a 4.8% increase to $105, the largest weekly total since October 2025. Also during the week of March 1-7, U.S. hotel average date rate ...

After averaging gains of 4.6% in revenue per available room in the prior three weeks, U.S. hotels lost momentum and finished February with a thud as RevPAR declined 0.2% in the week of Feb. 22-28.

Have U.S. hotels turned the corner? U.S. hotel room demand has increased in 20 of the past 21 days, something that has not happened since January 2023. In the week of Feb. 15-21, room demand grew ...

One month of hotel performance data does not a trend make, but the year is getting off to an encouraging start.

Love ruled the week of February 8-14 as U.S. hotel revenue per available room rose 4.6% on a 12.1% gain on Valentine’s Day. Excluding Valentine’s Day, RevPAR rose 2.7%.

Revenue per available room growth returned for U.S. hotels in the week of Feb. 1-7, 2026. Countrywide, RevPAR rose by 2.8%, its strongest gain of the past five weeks.

Winter Storm Fern wreaked havoc on U.S. hotel performance in the week of Jan. 25-31 as revenue per available room fell 4% on declining occupancy (-2.4 percentage points) and unresponsive average ...

As expected based on history, U.S. hotel revenue per available room fell 1.8% during the week of Jan. 18-24 due to the MLK holiday, but the decrease was much larger than anticipated because of Winter ...

Hotel revenue per available room fell 0.3% in the United States in 2025, a figure "that was actually better than what we thought," said STR's Isaac Collazo on the latest episode of "Tell Me More: A ...

The U.S. hotel industry bounced back in the week of Jan. 11-17 as revenue per available room increased 1.6%. Room demand, occupancy and average daily rate all saw year-over-year growth from the ...

After a strong start to 2026 in the first week of the new year, tough comparisons for hurricane-impacted markets pushed U.S. revenue per available room down 3.3% year over year in the week ending ...

U.S. hotel performance started off strong in 2026 as revenue per available room increased by 7.9% in the week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. Hotel occupancy rose 2.1 percentage points and average daily rate ...

The throughline to all U.S. hotel performance data this year? There's always more to the story.

U.S. hotel room demand fell for a fifth consecutive week from Dec. 7-13 and has fallen in 23 of the past 33 weeks.

The end-of-year holiday slowdown is settling in.