Parisian hotels overtook those in London during the month of May to achieve the highest revenue per available room (revpar) of the 10 European cities listed in the monthly Europe HotStats survey.
Hotels in the French capital boosted revpar by 10.1% to €159.83, more than €3 above London which had the second highest revpar.
However, the biggest revpar increases were all found in the German cities of Berlin (up 28.3%), Hamburg (up 27.9%) and Munich (up 26%).
Moscow achieved the biggest hike in room rate, which grew by 20.9% to €193.6 to take second place in the table after Paris.
The figures are compiled each month by Tri Hospitality Consulting.
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Definition of terms
Occupancy is that proportion of the bedrooms available during the period which are occupied during the period.
Room rate is the total bedroom revenue for the period divided by the total bedrooms occupied during the period.
Revpar is the total bedroom revenue for the period divided by the total available rooms during the period
Payroll% is the payroll for all hotels in the sample as a percentage of total revenue
IBFCpar is the Income Before Fixed Charges shown per available room
MAY 2006
| Amsterdam |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
86.8% |
80.5% |
+6.3 points |
| Room rate |
€173.17 |
€155.87 |
+11.1% |
| Revpar |
€150.38 |
€125.52 |
+19.8% |
| Berlin |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
79.3% |
65% |
+14.3 points |
| Room rate |
€142.35 |
€135.44 |
+5.1% |
| Revpar |
€112.89 |
€88.02 |
+28.3% |
| Budapest |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
83.6% |
86.2% |
-2.6 points |
| Room rate |
€118.19 |
€112.34 |
+5.2% |
| Revpar |
€98.80 |
€96.80 |
+2.1% |
| Hamburg |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
82.5% |
71.7% |
+10.8 points |
| Room rate |
€108.22 |
€97.38 |
+11.1% |
| Revpar |
€89.22 |
€69.77 |
+27.9% |
| London |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
84.9% |
79.8% |
+5.2 points |
| Room rate |
€184.41 |
€168.3 |
+9.6% |
| Revpar |
€156.61 |
€134.25 |
+16.7% |
| Moscow |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
66.5% |
71.5% |
-5 points |
| Room rate |
€193.6 |
€160.15 |
+20.9% |
| Revpar |
€128.66 |
€114.43 |
+12.4% |
| Munich |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
80.9% |
68.5% |
+12.4points |
| Room rate |
€100.77 |
€94.46 |
+6.7% |
| Revpar |
€81.48 |
€64.67 |
+26% |
| Paris |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
77.4% |
75.6% |
+1.8 points |
| Room rate |
€206.54 |
€192.20 |
+7.5% |
| Revpar |
€159.83 |
€145.22 |
+10.1% |
| Prague |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
81.8% |
84.4% |
-2.6 points |
| Room rate |
€154.90 |
€152.72 |
+1.4% |
| Revpar |
€126.76 |
€128.88 |
-1.6% |
| Vienna |
2006 |
2005 |
Movement |
| Occupancy |
84% |
82.3% |
+1.7 points |
| Room rate |
€145.78 |
€139.88 |
+4.2% |
| Revpar |
€122.47 |
€115.16 |
+6.3% |