Big Island hotels at 66.4% occupancy for September 2023

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority has issued its September 2023 Hawai‘i Hotel Performance Report.

Hotels on the Big Island reported revenue per available room (RevPAR) at $248 (+1.2% vs. 2022, +62.6% vs. 2019), with average daily rate (ADR) at $373 (+8.2% vs. 2022, +68.7% vs. 2019), and occupancy of 66.4% (-4.6 percentage points vs. 2022, -2.5 percentage points vs. 2019).

Kohala Coast hotels earned RevPAR of $337 (+3.2% vs. 2022, +63.8% vs. 2019), with ADR at $480 (-0.2% vs. 2022, +55.3% vs. 2019), and occupancy of 70.2% (+2.3 percentage points vs. 2022, +3.6 percentage points vs. 2019).

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

Maui:

• RevPAR of $335 (-1.9% vs. 2022, +44.9% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $534 (+2.6% vs. 2022, +68.9% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 62.7 percent (-2.8 percentage points vs. 2022, -10.4 percentage points vs. 2019)

Kaua‘i:

• RevPAR of $322 (+15.4% vs. 2022, +94.2% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $398 (+9.7% vs. 2022, +67.0% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 80.9% (+4.0 percentage points vs. 2022, +11.3 percentage points vs. 2019)

O‘ahu:

• RevPAR of $222 (+11.8% vs. 2022, +15.7% vs. 2019)
• ADR at $270 (+4.9% vs. 2022, +19.4% vs. 2019)
• Occupancy of 82.2% (+5.1 percentage points vs. 2022, -2.7 percentage points vs. 2019)

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

Statewide Hawai‘i hotel room revenues totaled $433.0 million (+4.7% vs. 2022, +39.2% vs. 2019) in September 2023. Room demand was 1.3 million room nights (+1.7% vs. 2022, -0.9% vs. 2019) and room supply was 1.7 million room nights (-1.0% vs. 2022, +3.7% vs. 2019).