Hotel jobs to be created as occupancy soars?

11/08/2010 10:43:15

Hotel occupancy levels soared in London in the first two quarters of this year, which could lead to the creation of new hotel jobs in the city.

Figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) reveal that the average revenue per available room (RevPAR) in London hotels increased from £87 in the first half of 2009 to £95 in the same period of this year - a rise of 9.2 per cent.

Liz Hall, head of hotels research at PwC, said: "London is still driving the UK recovery, underpinned by solid accounting rate of return gains of over six per cent, as the business mix reflects more transient midweek travellers."

She went on to say that some hotels are seeing more business customers midweek.

Statistics published earlier in the year by Visit London revealed that the number of people making a trip to London rose by 1.2 per cent between May 2009 and the same month of this year.

Posted by  Ross J Hink

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