North America

The summer travel season, helped by growing vaccination rates around the world, allowed Caribbean hotels to pick up steam in their road to recovery.  

Following up on STR’s initial Hurricane Ida analysis from 10 September, a vast majority of hotels in the New Orleans MSA have reopened with improving occupancy levels, especially in the core city center/central business district. This high volume of reopenings was to be expected because most closures were due to short-term power outages rather than property damage. Remaining short-term temporary closures are mostly concentrated in submarkets outside of the city.

Almost two weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall, the impact of the storm is becoming clearer. Reports show the latest death toll at more than 130 between the Gulf region and the Northeast, and officials in New Orleans are still advising evacuees to stay away from the affected areas due to continued power outages, road blockages, and disruptions in other essential services.

In the past, STR has received questions regarding average parking space at U.S. hotels. Most of the time, those questions have come from developers looking to support plans that include parking structures.

Spring Break 2021 didn’t just dive in, it made a cannonball-sized splash for Florida hotels and other U.S. destinations.

U.S. Performance Results for Q3 2020

Jan Freitag presented a U.S. Hotel Industry Update webinar on 27 October discussing the ongoing impact of the pandemic on hotel performance. Watch the recording now.

U.S. performance results for week ending September 19

We have enjoyed sharing U.S. and U.K. weekly performance results with you over the last 6 months as a way to keep you updated with the latest industry information. This week's video is the last of our weekly video releases, as we will be moving to a monthly release. The nature of the data makes this the right time to switch to a monthly schedule.

U.S. performance results for week ending September 12

U.S. performance results for week ending September 5