London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) grow by 48.3% in the week ending 22 April, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar rose to £124.26, up from £83.78 during the equivalent week of 2006.

Occupancy grew by 11.1 percentage points to 87.8% while average room rate soared by 29.6% to £141.45, up from £109.17 in the corresponding week of 2006.

View the figures for London hotels in the week to 22 April here >>

View the figures for hotels in the South West during February 2007 here >>


By Angela Frewin

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