London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) rally in the week ending 11 December, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar rose by 8.4% to £117.38, up from £108.28 during the equivalent week last year.

Occupancy increased by 1.5 percentage points to 88.3%.

Average room rate grew by 6.6% to £132.99, up from £124.76 in the corresponding week of 2004.

Click here for the full London figures from The Bench (PDF file), showing the average room rate, occupancy and revpar for the 12 weeks to 11 December.

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The Bench - which is partnered with US firm Smith Travel Research - provides online benchmarking data for in excess of 34,000 hotels in more than 400 markets.

The online service allows users to track their performance in average room rate, occupancy and revpar  in a variety of formats and to measure their daily performance against their competitors.

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London hotel performance in December 2005

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London hotel performance in 2005

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