London hotels boost revpar by nearly 46%

London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 45.6% in the week ending 23 July, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar climbed to £136.92, up from £94.06 during the equivalent week last year when trade was still reeling from the terrorist bombings. 

Occupancy increased by 8.7 percentage points to 90% and average room rate grew by 31.5% to £152.06, up from £115.67 in the corresponding week of 2005.
 
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By Angela Frewin

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