London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) rise by 5.8% in the week ending 8 January, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar grew to £98.47, up from £93.09 during the equivalent week last year.

Occupancy was unchanged at 74.2%.

The revpar rise stemmed from  5.8% increase in average room rate to £132.67, up from £125.42 in the corresponding week of 2005.

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 8 January.

Scroll down for previous London performance figures.

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 previous years

The week ending 11 December, 2005 >>