London revpar rises by nearly 9%

London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) grow by 8.9% in the week ending 3 June, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar increased to £93.97, up from £86.30 during the equivalent week of 2006.

Occupancy dropped by 1.7 percentage points to 73% while average room rate rose by 11.4% to £128.78, compared with £115.62 in the corresponding week of 2006.

View the figures for London hotels for the 12 weeks to 3 June here >>

By Angela Frewin

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