The U.S. hotel industry recorded year-over-year gains across key performance metrics during the week of Oct. 4-10, according to CoStar data.
National occupancy reached 70.6%, up 2.3% from the comparable week in 2025. Average daily rate increased 4.1% to US$179.58, while revenue per available room rose 6.5% to US$126.79.
San Francisco posted the strongest results among the Top 25 U.S. hotel markets. Occupancy rose 10.6% to 88.5%, ADR increased 18.5% to US$274.02, and RevPAR climbed 31.1% to US$242.53. The market hosted Tech Week and Fleet Week.
Chicago recorded the second-highest gains in occupancy and RevPAR among major markets. Occupancy increased 6.8% to 82.7%, while RevPAR rose 21.1% to US$210.18. The market’s performance was driven mainly by the APTA TRANSform & EXPO and the ACEP Scientific Assembly.
Seventeen of the Top 25 markets reported year-over-year RevPAR growth.