SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels registered a slightly positive month of business in May as measured by a trio of key indicators. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county edged up 0.5 percent to 63.2 percent in the fifth month of 2025, compared […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels registered a slightly positive month of business in May as measured by a trio of key indicators.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county edged up 0.5 percent to 63.2 percent in the fifth month of 2025, compared to May 2024, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Year to date through May 31, occupancy was down 0.9 percent to 56.2 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, rose 2 percent to $97.31 in Onondaga County this May from a year ago. In the first five months of 2025, RevPar was up by 2.1 percent to $73.91.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, went up by 1.5 percent to $154.07 in May versus the year-prior month, STR reports. Year to date through the month of May, ADR was higher by 3 percent to $131.50.
