It continues a dismal slide for the country’s major hotel markets since the Omicron outbreak started.
Wellington was the only major hotel market to show any growth in occupancy last week, compared to the same period last year, according to figures from STR.
Average weekly occupancy across New Zealand fell to its lowest level last week since December last year, according to figures from STR.
Average weekly occupancy at Queenstown hotels remained subdued in the week ending Saturday 19 February as hospitality closures cast a pall over the tourist town following a number of Covid-19 exposure events.
Average weekly occupancy at Auckland hotels fell to the lowest level since the Christmas period and only just above that seen during the Delta lockdown for the week ending Saturday 12 February, according to STR.
Average weekly occupancy at Wellington hotels fell to the lowest level since the Christmas period for the week ending Saturday 5 February, according to STR.
Average weekly occupancy at Christchurch reached their highest levels since mid-August in the week ending Saturday 29 January, according to STR.
Average weekly occupancy at Auckland hotels broke above the 50% mark for the first time since the Delta lockdown began mid-August.
The resort saw the biggest jump in occupancy over the summer peak of the country’s major hotel markets.
Average weekly occupancy at Christchurch hotels recovered to nearly the 50% mark in the week ending Saturday 15 January
Occupancy across New Zealand slipped slightly in the week ending Saturday 11 December with Auckland’s ongoing lockdown suppressing activity in the country’s major hotel markets.
Average weekly occupancy at Queenstown hotels slipped back under the 20% mark in the week ending Saturday 4 December, according to STR.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels jumped to 45.6% in the week ending Saturday 27 November, according to STR.
Occupancy at Auckland hotels dropped to 33.3% in the week ending Saturday 20 November, according to STR.
Occupancy across New Zealand has hovered around 35% for more than a month with Auckland’s ongoing lockdown suppressing activity.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels dropped sharply in the week following the discovery of the first community cases of Covid-19 in the city in nearly a year.
Occupancy at Wellington hotels has hovered in the mid-30s for the past three weeks.
Occupancy at Auckland hotels continued to rise gradually, posting a level of 43.4% in the week ending Saturday 23 October.
Occupancy at Queenstown hotels was flat in the week ending Saturday 16 October, with weekly occupancy at 24.6%, according to STR.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels jumped more than 10 percentage points in the week ending Saturday 9 October, with weekly occupancy at 54.7%, according to STR.
Occupancy at Wellington hotels continued to improve marginally in the week ending Saturday 2 October, with weekly occupancy at 27.9%, according to STR.
Occupancy at the resort rose last week but only slightly, reflecting the impact of Auckland’s ongoing lockdown.
But it’s still a far cry from pre-Covid times, or even the same week in 2020 thanks to the latest lockdown.
Auckland hotels improved slightly over the week ending Saturday 11 September with average weekly occupancy at 34.5%.
Occupancy across the capital dived from 70% to 5% in just two weeks as the city hunkered down due to Delta.
Queenstown was down 94.3% to record an average weekly occupancy of 1.3%, which appeared to be a record low for the resort.
Stays at hotels across New Zealand plunged after the government imposed alert level 4 restrictions.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels rose to its second highest level this year for the week ending Saturday 14 August with weekly occupancy at 68.8%.
Average weekly occupancy at Queenstown hotels was lower than the corresponding week in 2020 as it fell to the 40% level for the first time since late May, according to STR.
Average weekly occupancy at Auckland hotels fell from its recent highs to 60.6% for the seven days ending Saturday 31 July as the new school term kicked off.
The fall may be attributable to the loss of Australian visitors as a result of the popping of the trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel bubble last Friday.
Occupancy at Queenstown hotels jumped nearly 20% in the week ending Saturday July 17, with average weekly occupancy at 63.3%, according to figures from STR.
Wellington hotel occupancy is still below performance seen in May and June.
Occupancy at Queenstown hotels dropped almost eight percentage points to 46% for the week to 3 July, according to STR.
Occupancy at Wellington hotels plummeted over 20 percentage points to 52.2% for the week ending Saturday 26 June to its lowest level in more than year, according to STR.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels was steady in the week ending Saturday June 19, with weekly occupancy at 55.4%.
Occupancy at Auckland hotels fell slightly in the week ending Saturday 12 June, with average weekly occupancy dipping to 57.6%, according to STR.
Occupancy at Queenstown hotels improved slightly in the week ending Saturday 5 June, with average weekly occupancy at 45.1%, according to STR.
Weekly average occupancy in city of sails remained above 60% for two straight weeks.
Average weekly occupancy in Wellington has continued to climb hitting a 2021 high last week, according to STR.
Occupancy at Christchurch hotels was steady for the week ending Saturday 15 May, with weekly occupancy at 54.6%, according to STR.
Occupancy across New Zealand appears to have settled after a mid-April bump thanks probably to the opening of the trans-Tasman travel bubble, according to STR.
Occupancy at Auckland hotels ticked up during the second half of the school holidays for the week ending Saturday 1 May, with weekly occupancy at 57.6%.
The resort’s hotels appeared to get a boost from the start of school holidays.
Capital occupancy is topping pre-pandemic levels on some days of the week.
Queenstown’s hotels were able to stay steady during the second half of the Easter break, scoring an average weekly occupancy of 45.93% for the week to Saturday 10 April, according to figures from STR.
The major urban hotel markets took a hit last week as people headed out of the city for the long Easter weekend, according to figures from STR.
Hotel markets appeared to have recovered from Auckland’s latest lockdown with even Queenstown hitting its highest occupancy since early January, according to figures from STR.
The country’s hotel markets rallied last week following the ending of Auckland’s Covid-19 alert level 3 lockdown, according to figures from STR.
Hotel markets suffered sharp falls after Auckland went into its latest lockdown, according to figures from STR.
