England Hotel Occupancy: latest

• Hotel room occupancy for May 2026 was 80%, on par with May 2025. Year to date (Jan-May) occupancy for 2026 was 75%, in line with the same period for 2025.
• Observing forward looking occupancy for the remainder of 2026. As of the 7th June 2026, occupancy rates committed so far for 2026 were broadly on par with last year although June and July are currently tracking lower than this time last year.
• Average Daily Rates for England increased by 3% in May 2026 to £163, with RevPAR (Revenue per Available Room) up 4% as well, to £131, with RevPAR sitting above the rate of inflation for May (2.8%). Weekend RevPAR grew at a faster rate (5%) compared to Weekday (3%). ADR for England excluding London was £105 (+2%), and RevPAR was £46 (+4%).
• Regionally, the West Midlands and the North East recorded the greatest increase in occupancy compared to May 2025, rising by 3pp and 2pp respectively. In contrast, many regions saw declines with East Midlands experiencing the biggest year on year decline (-5pp) followed by Yorkshire & Humberside (-4pp).
• The mid-sized hotels with 201-300 rooms experienced year-on-year growth in occupancy, +2.5pp to 82% in May 2026. The largest hotels (300+ rooms) had the highest occupancy for May, at 83%.

Every month, the England Occupancy Survey (EOS) measures bedroom occupancy across the serviced accommodation sector. This includes mostly hotels, with a very small proportion of serviced apartments and larger B&Bs/guesthouses.

As well as occupancy levels for the country as a whole, results are also available by region.

In May 2024, a change of suppliers was made to the hotel occupancy data. The data in this report is now provided by Amadeus, a hotel market data company, from their constantly growing panel of hotels across the UK. To allow a meaningful comparison of year on year trends, VisitEngland has included historical data from Amadeus’ own panel in the reports from May 2024 onwards. The historical data displayed in these reports is not consistent with reports published prior to the May-August 2024 report

Between June 2017 and April 2024, occupancy data was collected using a syndicated panel provided by STR, a hotel market data and benchmarking company. To allow a meaningful comparison of year on year trends, VisitEngland and STR have included historical data from STR’s own panel in the reports from June 2017 onwards. The historical data displayed in these reports is not consistent with reports published prior to the June 2017 report.

The England Hotel Occupancy Survey is designated as official statistics and follows the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2022)  set by the Office for Statistics Regulation.

All previous reports can be found on the VisitEngland website Archive page.