Hotels in Broome County were fuller in November compared to a year ago, continuing a string of monthly occupancy increases, according to a recent report.

The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 2.8 percent to 50.2 percent in November from 48.9 percent in the year-ago month, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. It was the seventh straight month in which Broome County’s occupancy rate increased. Thorough the first 11 months of 2017, the county’s occupancy rate was up 2.5 percent to 57 percent from 55.6 percent in the year-earlier period.

Revenue per available room (RevPAR), a key industry indicator that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, increased 5.2 percent to $42.33 in November from $40.25 in November 2016. Year to date through November, Broome County’s RevPAR was up 3.3 percent to $51.21 from $49.56 in the same period in 2016.

Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, rose 2.3 percent to $84.29 in November from $82.38 a year earlier, per STR. Through the first 11 months of 2017, Broome County’s ADR was 0.8 percent higher to $89.78 from $89.07 a year prior.

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Hotels in Onondaga County saw more overnight guests in November than in the year ago month, according to a new report.

The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county increased 2.5 percent to 51.1 percent in November from 49.8 percent a year prior, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Through the first 11 months of 2017, Onondaga County’s occupancy rate was down 3.1 percent to 57.8 percent.

Revenue per available room (RevPar), a key industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, fell 1.6 percent to $47.82 this November from $48.59 in November 2016. Year to date through November, Onondaga County’s RevPar was down 3.6 percent to $58.63.

Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, slipped 4 percent to $93.63 in November, compared to $97.56 a year earlier. Through the first 11 months of 2017, Onondaga County’s ADR was off 0.5 percent to $101.48, according to STR.

New York state dairy farms produced more than 77.2 million pounds of cheese (excluding cottage cheese) in November, down 0.1 percent from almost 77.3 million pounds in the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported.

Butter production in New York state totaled nearly 1.59 million pounds in November, up 0.1 percent from the prior-year period.

In neighboring Pennsylvania, dairy farms produced almost 36 million pounds of cheese (excluding cottage cheese), up 1 percent from nearly 35.6 million pounds in November 2016. 

Butter production in Pennsylvania totaled almost 7.3 million pounds in November, down more than 11 percent from nearly 8.2 million pounds in the year-ago month.