- The first week of October brought high, summer-like temperatures and an increase in hotel demand to San Diego County, as well as a rise in average daily rates. County hotels sold a total of 358,367 room nights last week, up almost 20,000 RNs compared to the previous week and slightly ahead of demand from the same week in 2022, largely thanks to a generous boost in Group demand.
- County hotels averaged 79.5% occupancy throughout the week with many regions surpassing 90% on Saturday night, as Santa Ana winds increased temperatures above 80 degrees. San Diego rose in national rankings to 3rd place last week, behind New York at 86.5% and Boston at 85.8%. Other California destinations trailed slightly with Los Angeles averaging 78.8%, San Francisco at 77.6% and Orange County at 77.2%.
- Within the City of San Diego, I-15 Corridor hotels had the highest occupancy of 86.0%, followed by Mission Bay at 83.4% and Downtown at 82.9%.
- The convention center hosted one larger event through the week, contributing about 16,000 RNs to total demand. All counted, Group demand came to 71,954 RNs sold with occupancy among upscale+ hotels averaging 37.6% and rates of $301. Last week’s Group performance outpaced the same week of 2019 and 2022 with current ADR about $50 higher than past years.
- County ADR rose by $12 w/w to average $216 last week. San Diego had the 6th highest rates in the nation but came in below San Francisco at $229 and Orange County at $222.
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