London continues to lead the way in a resurgence of UK hotels with Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester also enjoying increasing yields and occupancy levels.
Record numbers are being reported with 2007 predicted to see further development of the UK hotel industry that in places is performing better than in the last two decades.
The average room rate in the capital rose in October to £125.79, 10.7% higher than in October 2005 according to the latest figures from PFK hotel consultancy services. Daily occupancy levels were also up 7.6% boosting yields by 19.1% to £104.51.
Overall in the regions yield were up 5.9% to £56.73 with Liverpool seeing the highest growth of 7.7%, Leeds on 1.6%, Birmingham, 4.2% and Manchester 3.4%.
PKF partner for hotel consultancy Robert Barnard said: “This month’s figures are encouraging and we are confident that in 2006 the UK hotel market will see the best performance in a decade.
“Occupancy in London hotels has reached a level not seen since 1997 whilst average room rate is at record levels. Meanwhile we expect regional hotels to continue delivering steady growth rates.”