“As we move into summer, we are seeing steady, positive occupancy and ADR gains across all travel segments,” said Tim Hart, executive vice president, business intelligence, TravelClick. “We are particularly encouraged to see an improvement in new group sales. The pace of new bookings had fallen behind last year’s pace in each of the first four months of the year. The most recent data showed that group room nights added over the last month exceeded the same period last year by 8 percent, improving the overall outlook for the group segment headed into the back half of the year.”
12 Month Outlook (June 2013 – May 2014)
When looking at the next 12 months (June 2013 - May 2014), overall committed occupancy is up 2.3 percent versus this time last year. ADR is up 3.4 percent based on reservations currently on the books.
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