Best July ever for London hotels
London hotels had the best July ever, according to the latest figures from PKF hotel consultancy services.
One year since terrorist bombings struck the London transport system, the capital recorded the highest ever room rate, average occupancy and rooms yield.
Rooms yield for London hotel rooms was £113.32 – 34.4% up on July 2005 figures and 26.9% up on July 2004.
This performance was fuelled by the combination of an 18.1% increase in the daily room rate to £127.84 from £108.28 in 2005 and a 13.9% increase in occupancy to 88.6%from 77.8% last July.
Meanwhile, regional hoteliers increased their room rates by 3.7% to £69.45 compared with £66.97 in July 2005.
A modest rise in the occupancy rates from 76.9% in 2005 to 77.5% also helped to lift rooms yield by 4.5% to £53.85, the best of the Millennium to date.
Robert Barnard, partner for hotel consultancy services at PKF, said: “After a very strong first half of the year, we expected the good news to continue in July. We also knew that the drop in occupancy levels in London hotels in the aftermath of last summer’s terrorist attacks would accentuate any improved performance this July.
“However, the scale of the growth in the London market is almost jaw-dropping and confirms both the rock-solid strength and dynamism of the sector”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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