The U.S. hotel industry reported a 20th consecutive week of positive year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 29 August. CoStar is a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets.
23-29 August 2026 (percentage change from comparable week in 2025):
- Occupancy: 64.1% (+1.1%)
- Average daily rate (ADR): US$157.14 (+0.6%)
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$100.69 (+1.7%)
A slowdown in year-over-year growth was due to the Labor Day calendar shift.
Among the Top 25 Markets, San Francisco saw the largest gains across each of the three key performance metrics: occupancy (+25.0% to 82.8%), ADR (+28.0% to US$231.82) and RevPAR (+59.9% to US$191.87). The market’s performance was mainly driven by the Pokémon World Championships.
New Orleans reported the steepest declines in occupancy (-14.9% to 40.6%) and RevPAR (-18.4% to US$47.50). The market’s performance was due to a comparison against Southern Decadence last year.
New York City registered the only double-digit drop in ADR (-12.3% to US$279.72).
