Kaua‘i led counties in hotel performance last month, new report shows

Kaua‘i hotels came out on top last month, according to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

Kaua‘i led the counties in August 2023 and achieved revene per available room (RevPAR) of $357 (+9.2% vs. 2022, +70.7% vs. 2019), with an average daily rate (ADR) at $444 (+6.4% vs. 2022, +56.5% vs. 2019) and occupancy of 80.4 percent (+2.1 percentage points vs. 2022, +6.7 percentage points vs. 2019).

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority also released data for all other counties:

Big Island:

• RevPAR at $302 (-2.2% vs. 2022, +33.3% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $436 (+2.8% vs. 2022, +55.7% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 69.3% (-3.6 percentage points vs. 2022, -11.6 percentage points vs. 2019)

Maui:

• RevPAR of $294 (-30.4% vs. 2022, -3.8% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $564 (-8.6% vs. 2022, +43.7% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 52.2% (-16.4 percentage points vs. 2022, -25.8 percentage points vs. 2019)

O‘ahu:

• RevPAR of $246 (+5.8% vs. 2022, +8.4% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $292 (+2.3% vs. 2022, +14.2% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 84.4% (+2.8 percentage points vs. 2022, -4.5 percentage points vs. 2019)

Hawai‘i hotels statewide reported lower revenue per available room, average daily rate and occupancy in August 2023 compared to August 2022. When compared to pre-pandemic August 2019, statewide ADR and RevPAR were higher in August 2023 but occupancy was lower.

According to the Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report, statewide RevPAR in August 2023 was $275 (-7.7%), with ADR at $370 (-4.1%) and occupancy of 74.2% (-2.8 percentage points) compared to August 2022. Compared with August 2019, RevPAR was 12.6% higher, driven by higher ADR (+27.6%) which offset lower occupancy (-9.9 percentage points).