Dubai: Hotels in the Middle East and Africa saw average daily rate (ADR) drop 4.6 per cent in April compared with the same period a year ago, according to a report from research firm STR Global.
The decline in ADR to $168.47 (Dh618) and the 0.4 per cent decrease in occupancy to 66.2 per cent in the region resulted in revenue per available room (RevPAR—an industry benchmark for performance) falling 5 per cent to $111.45 for the month.
Morocco hotels reported the steepest declines in both ADR and RevPAR, falling by 27.4 per cent to $116.11 and 27.6 per cent to $71.42, respectively. “A decrease in French visitors, due to economic unrest in France, led to the declines in hotel performance in Morocco,” STR Global said in the report.
Hotels in Egypt saw the highest increases across all three performance metrics month-on-month in April. Occupancy in the country was up 16 per cent to 59.8 per cent, while ADR rose 14.5 per cent to $80.46, sending RevPAR up 32.8 per cent to $48.14.
In Mauritius, occupancy was up 12.7 per cent to 71.3 per cent in April, but ADR was down 24.6 per cent to $195.7 and RevPAR fell 15 per cent to $139.57.
Properties in Northern Africa posted an 11.4 per cent increase in occupancy to 57.6 per cent and a 1 per cent drop in ADR to $89.11, resulting in RevPAR to touch $51.34, up 10.2 per cent.
