U.S. Leisure Markets Maintain Summer Strength While Some Major Cities Make a Push as Well

July 26, 2022

While the calendar shows that the summer of 2022 is pushing toward its conclusion, travel season remains in high gear around the U.S. Aligned with that season, the latest four-week “bubble” charts from STR show that leisure-oriented travel remains the predominant force behind the top performing U.S. hotel markets. For the four-week period ending with 16 July, Oahu led the Top 25 Markets in average occupancy (84.2%) with a conspicuous boost during the Fourth of July holiday—the same period when most markets saw expected and significant demand declines. Oahu’s recent four-week occupancy also gained 9.3 percentage points ove...