London revpar rises by nearly 14%

London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) grow by 13.7% in the week ending 17 June, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar increased to £131.80, up from £115.91 during the equivalent week of 2006.

Occupancy grew by 2.1 percentage points to 89.3% while average room rate rose by 11% to £147.57, compared with £132.93 in the corresponding week of 2006.

View the figures for London hotels for the 12 weeks to 17 June here >>

View the figures for hotels in the North-west during March 2007 here >>

By Angela Frewin

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