Leeds and Manchester hardest hit in festive room rates slump

These declines compounded declines in revenue per available room (revpar) across the two cities – down 5.7% and 2.5% across Liverpool and Manchester respectively.

Average daily rates for Edinburgh over the Christmas period were broadly flat year-on-year, while Glasgow’s daily rate slid 1.5% to £106.90.

By contrast, Aberdeen posted the strongest rise in average daily rates of all UK cities over the Christmas period, up 4.8% to £75.92, while Liverpool recorded a 2% rise year-on-year to £77.20.

The picture across the rest of the UK was similarly mixed over the festive period – Cardiff’s revpar climbed 5.9% year-on-year to £90.44, the strongest percentage uplift of any UK city during the period, while London delivered a 1.9% uplift in revpar in like-for-like terms.

On a month-on-month basis Aberdeen, Glasgow and Cardiff delivered the biggest uplifts in revpar – up 26%, 23.4% and 20.2% respectively.

Bristol measured the sharpest decline in revpar across all UK cities on a monthly basis – down 6.4% to £66.55.

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