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RevPAR

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

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In tourism & hospitality, RevPAR means: Short for revenue per available room: total room revenue divided by all rooms available for sale, or ADR multiplied by the occupancy rate.

In Turkish: müsait oda başına gelir, RevPAR

How it is used

Hotels use RevPAR to compare themselves with competitors and with past periods, because it combines price and occupancy in one number. Example: an ADR of €120 at 75% occupancy gives a RevPAR of €90. It is said as one word: REV-par.

Example sentences

  1. Our RevPAR is higher than the competition this month, even with lower occupancy.

  2. The owners want to see RevPAR growth, not just more guests.

Common collocations

  • revenue per available room
  • RevPAR growth
  • increase RevPAR
  • RevPAR index
  • ADRShort for average daily rate: the average price paid for each room sold, calculated as room revenue divided by the number of rooms sold.
  • occupancy rateThe percentage of a hotel's available rooms that are sold over a certain period, such as a night, a month or a season.
  • revenue managementSetting the right prices and selling conditions for each room type, date and sales channel to earn as much as possible from the hotel's rooms.

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