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BUSINESS CONTINUED TO improve in the second week of April for U.S. hotels, according to STR. Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR all rose on a weekly basis, and the last two were up compared to the same time in 2019. Occupancy was 66.4 percent for the week ending April 9, up from 64.1 percent the week before but down 4.7 percent from 2019. ADR was $150.45 for the week, up from $145.74 the previous week and up 10.6 percent from 2019. RevPAR reached $99.93, a rise from $93.48 weekly and up 5.4 percent from three years ago. Among STR's top 25 markets, Tampa saw the highest occupancy increase over 2019, up 6.2 percent to 84 percent. Minneapolis had the largest occupancy decrease from three years ago, down 29.5 percent to 51.4 percent.

THE EASTER AND Passover holiday calendar shift scrambled weekly and year-over-year performance comparisons for the U.S. hotel industry in the week ending April 19, according to CoStar. Orlando and Miami recorded the strongest performance gains among the top 25 markets. Occupancy fell to 61.4 percent for the week ending April 19, down from 65.6 percent the previous week and 8.1 percent lower than the same period last year. ADR decreased to $158 from $162.72, a 1.3 percent year-over-year decline RevPAR dropped to $97.06 from $106.81, reflecting a 9.3 percent decrease from 2023.