RoomRaccoon, a leading hotel management system for independent hotels, has released its South African Summer Hospitality Report 2024.
The report provides a real-time measure of the hotel industry’s performance during the peak travel season (November, December, January, and February) in South Africa and compares the latest data with the summer (2022/2023) to identify the changes and trends in the hospitality sector.
Based on data from over 200 independent hotels, bed and breakfasts, lodges, and guesthouses in South Africa, the report unpacks performance across several key areas, including occupancy, ADR, RevPAR, upsells, distribution and average length of stay.
RevPAR soared by 11%: From Summer 2023 to 2024, RevPAR spiked from R1340 to R1493, hitting a high of R2197 on December 31, 2023.
ADR rose by 10%: Capitalising on consistently high occupancy rates averaging 62% in 2022-2023 and 63% in 2023-2024, hoteliers managed to bump up the Average Daily Rate (ADR) by 10% year…