CoStar: U.S. hotel performance dips at July’s end

• U.S. hotel metrics fell to weekly and annual lows for the week ending July 26, according to CoStar.
• St. Louis led top 25 markets in year-over-year occupancy growth.
• Houston posted the sharpest drops across all performance metrics.

U.S. HOTEL METRICS declined for the week ending July 26, hitting weekly and annual lows, according to CoStar. St. Louis led the top 25 markets in year-over-year occupancy growth.

Occupancy declined to 71.5 percent for the week ending July 26, down from 71.6 percent the previous week and 0.7 percentage points lower year over year. ADR fell to $164.88 from $165.49, a 0.1 percent decline from the same week in 2024. RevPAR dropped to $117.88 from $118.54, down 0.8 percent year over year.

Among the top 25 markets, St. Louis posted the largest occupancy gain, rising 5.7 percent to 70.9 percent.

Houston continued to record the steepest declines across all three primary performance metrics, with occupancy falling 19.7 percent to 61.1 percent and ADR dropping 7.7 percent to $117.02. RevPAR declined 25.9 percent to $71.54, largely due to elevated displacement demand following Hurricane Beryl in 2024.

Originally published at https://www.asianhospitality.com on August 4, 2025.