London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 22.6% in the week ending 7 January, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar rose to £56.64, up from £46.21 during the equivalent week of 2006.

Occupancy increased by 5.6 percentage points to 54.6% while average room rate grew by 10.1% to £103.73, up from £94.22 in the corresponding week of 2006.

You can view the full London figures from The Bench (PDF file) showing the average room rate, occupancy and revpar for the 12 weeks to 7 January here >>

View more weekly performance figures for London hotels and monthly figures for the provinces here >>

By Angela Frewin

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