Revpar soars by 51% at London hotels

London hotels boosted revenue per available room (revpar) by 51% in the week ending 2 April, according to figures from hotel benchmarking service The Bench.

Revpar rocketed to £92.39, up from £61.18 during the equivalent week last year.

Occupancy increased by 17.2 percentage points to 81.5% while average room rate rose by 19.1% to £113.42, up from £95.26 in the corresponding week of 2005.

Click here to see more weekly performance figures for London hotels and monthly figures for the provinces on The Bench pages in the CatererSearch Trends and Data section.

By Angela Frewin

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