UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County hotels registered a strong month of business in May, posting increases in overnight guests and room revenue that each exceeded 10 percent.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) jumped 10.5 percent to 66.5 percent in the fifth month of 2025 compared to the year-ago month, according to a report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Year to date through May, occupancy was up 6 percent to 57 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an important industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, climbed 12.1 percent to $98.65 in May in the Mohawk Valley’s largest county versus May 2024. In the first five months of the year, RevPar gained 6.4 percent to $75.98.
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Average daily rate (ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, edged up 1.4 percent to $148.24 in Oneida County in May 2025, compared to the same month a year before. Through May 31 of this year, ADR was up 0.4 percent to $133.28.
