SYRACUSE — Onondaga County hotels registered a small increase in guests in March as two other key indicators of business performance posted stronger gains. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county rose 1.6 percent to 58.1 percent in the third month of 2025, compared to […]
SYRACUSE — Onondaga County hotels registered a small increase in guests in March as two other key indicators of business performance posted stronger gains.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county rose 1.6 percent to 58.1 percent in the third month of 2025, compared to March 2024, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Year to date through March 31, occupancy edged down 0.6 percent to 51.8 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, increased 6.9 percent to $72.01 in Onondaga County this March from a year ago. In the first quarter of 2025, RevPar was up by 4.1 percent to $62.38.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, gained 5.2 percent to $123.99 in March versus the year-prior month, STR reports. Year to date through the month of March, ADR was higher by 4.7 percent to $120.35.
