- Strong hotel demand continued last week with county hotels selling 356,252 room nights – unchanged from the week prior and out-pacing demand from the same week in 2019 by about 12,500 RNs and beating the same week in 2023 by an even more impressive 24,000 RNs.
- County occupancy averaged 78.7% through the week, peaking on Saturday at 89.0%. Mid-week occupancy was significantly boosted by Group demand with Group occupancy peaking on Monday at 45.1%. Overall, San Diego ranked 3rd in the nation last week, behind New York (82.7%) and Miami (78.9%), and far ahead of Orange County and Los Angeles, at 70.9% and 70.2%, respectively.
- Within the City of San Diego, Downtown hotels had the highest occupancy at 86.2% followed by UTC at 81.8% and Pt. Loma/Airport hotels at 81.4%.
- The American Association for Cancer Research completed their program at the convention center last week and contributed about 34,175 contracted room nights to total demand. All counted, Group demand at upscale+ properties came to 64,313 RNs sold with an average occupancy of 35.2% and rates at $282. Last week’s demand surpassed the same week of 2023 by roughly 24,000 RNs and 2019 by about 4,000 RNs sold.
- Total market ADR was $216 for the week, an uptick of about $9 w/w and about $18 higher than STLY.
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