The U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 22-28 December 2019, according to data from STR. 
In comparison with the week of 23-29 December 2018, the industry recorded the following:
- Occupancy: -4.9% to 48.5%
- Average daily rate (ADR): -2.6% to US$127.92
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): -7.4% to US$62.00
Nashville, Tennessee, recorded the largest decreases in each of the three key performance metrics: occupancy (-13.6% to 46.9%), ADR (-10.9% to US$118.04) and RevPAR (-22.9% to US$55.40).
New Orleans, Louisiana, saw the second-steepest decline in RevPAR (-20.9% to US$69.80), due primarily to the only other double-digit drop in occupancy (-12.7% to 56.4%).
Two markets matched for the second-largest decrease in ADR: New York, New York (-10.2% to US$237.99) and Orlando, Florida (-10.2% to US$140.10).
Phoenix, Arizona, experienced the highest rise in occupancy (+4.3% to 58.0%), which drove the week’s only double-digit jump in RevPAR (+11.3% to US$68.58).
Atlanta, Georgia, posted the largest lift in ADR (+7.8% to US$91.11).
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