Onondaga County hotels see nearly 4 percent occupancy gain in April

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels again produced growth in business activity in April, according to a recent report.

The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 3.6 percent to 60.3 percent in the fourth month of the year compared to April 2022, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. 

Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, jumped 15 percent to $74.54 in Onondaga County in April from a year ago. 

Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, increased 11 percent to $123.67 in April compared to April 2022.