Scottish hotels outperformed the other regions in 2005, according to the Hotels 2006 UK report from Tri Hospitality Consulting.
Scotland boosted average revenue per available room (revpar) by 14.1% to £48.26.
This was a far greater rate of growth than that seen in London, where revpar grew by 5.2% to £78.64 and in England, where hotels increased revpar by 2.7% to £41.82.
Average revpar in Wales dropped by 0.2% to £43.10.
Profitability (expressed in terms of income before fixed charges as a percentage of turnover) fell across all regions thanks to rising energy and labour costs.
- The tables below present the range of responses from the lower quartile to the upper quartile of the data. A quartile is one of three values that divide a set of sorted data into four equal parts. The lower quartile cuts off the lowest 25% of data, the median cuts the data in half, and the upper quartile cuts off the highest 25%, or the lowest 75%.
The figures are compiled annually by Tri Hospitality Consulting.
| UK | 2006 | 2005 |
| Occupancy (%) | 66.2%–77.8% | 66.4%–78.4% |
| Room rate | £50.30–£76 | £47.60–£71.60 |
| Revpar | £33.30–£59.13 | £31.61–£56.13 |
| Food revenue% | 16.6%–25.7% | 17.6%–27% |
| Beverage revenue% | 7%–13.1% | 7.8%–13.6% |
| Payroll% | 26.6%–33% | 26.9%–33.2% |
| IBFC% | 30.3%–43.8% | 31.5%–44.6% |
| LONDON | 2006 | 2005 |
| Occupancy (%) | 73.8%–81.7% | 73.4%–82.7% |
| Room rate | £61.60–£115.50 | £58.60-£109.90 |
| Revpar | £45.46–£94.36 | £43.01–£90.89 |
| Food revenue% | 9.9%-16.9% | 10.5%–17.6% |
| Beverage revenue% | 3.9%–7% | 4%–7.5% |
| Payroll% | 22.4%–28.8% | 22.3%–29.3% |
| IBFC% | 41.6%–53.4% | 42%-55.1% |
| ENGLAND | 2006 | 2005 |
| Occupancy (%) | 63.8%–75.9% | 65.1%–75.9% |
| Room rate | £47.70–£70.30 | £46–£67.20 |
| Revpar | £30.43–£53.36 | £29.95–£51 |
| Food revenue% | 19.5%–27.1% | 20.3%–28.5% |
| Beverage revenue% | 8.2%–13.6% | 8.9%–14% |
| Payroll% | 27.9%–33.6% | 27.9%–33.4% |
| IBFC% | 28.6%–40.5% | 30.7%–41.4% |
| WALES | 2006 | 2005 |
| Occupancy (%) | 65.1%–78.7% | 67.1%–78.5% |
| Room rate | £46.50–£74.10 | £43.50–£69.20 |
| Revpar | £30.27–£58.32 | £29.19–£54.32 |
| Food revenue% | 21.1%–24.7% | 22.5%–26.2% |
| Beverage revenue% | 9.7–14.3% | 10.4–14% |
| Payroll% | 28.6%–33.7% | 27.8%–33.8% |
| IBFC% | 27.1%–35.8% | 29%–40.3% |
| SCOTLAND | 2006 | 2005 |
| Occupancy (%) | 70.5%–77.8% | 68.5%–77.1% |
| Room rate | £53.30–£76.90 | £46–£70 |
| Revpar | £37.58–£59.83 | £31.51–£53.97 |
| Food revenue% | 21%–26.5% | 21.5%–27.6% |
| Beverage revenue% | 8.5%–14.9% | 8.8%–15% |
| Payroll% | 28.3%–34.1% | 28.3%–33.7% |
| IBFC% | 29.2%–37.7% | 29.7%–40.5% |
Definition of terms
Occupancy is that proportion of the bedrooms available during the period which are occupied during the period.
Room rate is the total bedroom revenue for the period divided by the total bedrooms occupied during the period.
Revpar is the total bedroom revenue for the period divided by the total available rooms during the period
Food revenue % is food revenue as a percentage of total revenue
Beverage revenue % is beverage revenue as a percentage of total revenue
Payroll% is the payroll for all hotels in the sample as a percentage of total revenue
IBFC% is the Income Before Fixed Charges as a percentage of total revenue