Papal visit pays off for American hoteliers | News

Among the three Top 25 Markets that hosted Pope Francis throughout his visit to the United States, Philadelphia, skilled probably the most important year-over-year will increase in income per out there room, in accordance with information from STR, Inc.

New York and Washington, DC additionally reported double-digit RevPAR development throughout days on which Pope Francis visited the respective markets.

Compared with the identical days from 2014, Philadelphia posted a 79.1 per cent RevPAR improve to US$163.60 on Friday, September twenty fifth, in addition to a 78.8 per cent improve to US$182.33 on Saturday, September Twenty sixth.

For the week of September Twentieth-Twenty sixth, Philadelphia reported the best RevPAR improve (up 35.2 per cent to US$121.61) for any of the US Top 25 Markets.

New York reported a 20.5 per cent RevPAR improve to US$374.17 on Thursday, September twenty fourth, and a 29.2 per cent improve to US$366.26 on Friday, September twenty fifth.

On Wednesday, September twenty third, Washington, DC, noticed an 11 per cent RevPAR improve to US$140.52.