London revpar rises by nearly 15%

London hotels saw revenue per available room (revpar) grow by 14.5% in the week ending 24 June, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar increased to £144.94, up from £126.60 during the equivalent week of 2006.

Occupancy grew by 2.1 percentage points to 90.6% while average room rate rose by 11.8% to £159.99, compared with £143.04 in the corresponding week of 2006.

View the figures for London hotels for the 12 weeks to 24 June here >>

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


By Angela Frewin

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