SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels welcomed fewer guests and posted a decline in room revenue in April compared to a year ago. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county fell 3.7 percent to 61.8 percent in the fourth month of 2025, compared to April […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels welcomed fewer guests and posted a decline in room revenue in April compared to a year ago.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county fell 3.7 percent to 61.8 percent in the fourth month of 2025, compared to April 2024, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Year to date through April 30, occupancy was down 1.4 percent to 54.4 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, slipped 3.2 percent to $83.38 in Onondaga County this April from a year prior. In the first four months of 2025, RevPar was up by 1.9 percent to $67.74.
Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, edged up 0.5 percent to $134.97 in April versus the year-earlier month, STR reports. Year to date through the month of April, ADR was higher by 3.3 percent to $124.59.
