Hotel performance was mixed in June ’26. Occupancy fell to 60.5 percent, down 2.1 percent year-over-year and below its early ’26 peak. However, the average daily rate rose 14.3 percent year-over-year to $137.20, more than offsetting the decline in occupancy and lifting revenue per available room 12.0 percent to $83.05.

Occupancy typically dips in December and January before rising in the spring and summer. From June ’21 through June ’26, the highest occupancy rate was recorded in July ’24 at 73.7 percent, when Hurricane Beryl and widespread power outages increased demand for hotel rooms. The lowest rate over the period occurred in January ’22 at 45.2 percent. At 60.5 percent, June ’26 occupancy was below the June rates recorded in ’22, ’24 and ’25, but above the June rates in ’21 and ’23.

RevPAR in Houston declined during the second half of ’25 before recovering in early ’26. After reaching $74.17 in June ’25, RevPAR fell to $61.73 in August, then climbed to $98.27 in March ’26. It eased in April and May before rising to $83.05 in June, a 12.0 percent increase year-over-year.

 

Prepared by Greater Houston Partnership Research

Leta Wauson
Senior Director, Research
lwauson@houston.org