SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County hotels hosted more guests in October, as two other key indicators of business performance also rose during the month.
The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in Central New York’s largest county increased 4.9 percent to 72.4 percent in the 10th month of 2025, compared to October 2024, according to STR, a Tennessee–based hotel market data and analytics company. Year to date through Oct. 31, occupancy was unchanged at 63.2 percent.
Revenue per available room (RevPar), an industry gauge that measures how much money hotels are bringing in per available room, jumped 6.7 percent to $101.50 in Onondaga County this October from a year earlier. In the first 10 months of 2025, RevPar was up by 1.8 percent to $87.00.
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Average daily rate (or ADR), which represents the average rental rate for a sold room, edged up 1.7 percent to $140.20 in October versus the year-prior month, STR reports. Year to date through the month of October, ADR was higher by 1.8 percent to $137.58.


