Recovery Outlook for the St. Louis Lodging Market

Daniel McCoy | February 15, 2022

By Daniel McCoy   Amid a worldwide pandemic, RevPAR for Greater St. Louis[1] fell 54% in 2020 from the historical peak achieved the prior year. This compares to a 47.5% drop for the United States, as a whole, and a 57.6% drop for the top 25 markets in the nation, according to STR. In 2021, the greater St. Louis market’s RevPAR bounced back to just over 75% of the pre-COVID performance. This rebound is less than the 83% recovery experienced nationally, but stronger than the 67% recovery of the top 25 markets. While the greater St. Louis market has generally fared better than many of the larger urban markets that were more rel...