UK leading Europe in hotel occupancy recovery

26 July 2021 by
UK leading Europe in hotel occupancy recovery

The UK continues to lead Europe in hotel occupancy with four straight weeks above 60% to 18 July, according to STR data.

The UK's highest weekly occupancy level (63.5%) came during 12-18 July, but that was still significantly lower than the occupancy achieved during the comparable week from July 2019 (84.5%).

Thomas Emanuel, STR's director, said: "Demand is almost exclusively leisure-driven as the UK has benefitted from a successful vaccination program, a phased reopening and improved travel sentiment overall. Other countries are showing improvement in recent weeks for those very same reasons, but this is still far from a normal summer in Europe."

During the week 12-18 July, a handful of European countries showed continued week-over-week improvement in occupancy levels: Ireland (54.3%), Spain (53.7%), France (51.4%), Italy (51.1%), Poland (50.1%), Switzerland (44.0%) and the Netherlands (43.6%).

Emanuel added: "Some European markets have been more successful than others in pulling themselves up from pandemic low points despite a massive void in international arrivals. Overall, Europe has a way to go before the region is back to pre-pandemic levels."

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