Lodging Australia has launched its mid-year resort room report card for 2025, exhibiting improved occupancy throughout the board however drops in common every day income for main cities.
“The excellent news is all of Australia’s capital cities skilled a rise in common occupancy charges over the primary six months,” mentioned Lodging Australia CEO James Goodwin.
“Hobart has carried out significantly effectively – with accommodations in Tassie’s capital experiencing the strongest enchancment in comparison with all different capital cities of their common occupancy fee for the six months – up 5.6% to 79.3%.
“Hobart additionally skilled a wholesome 3.8% improve in common every day room income for the six months.”
Darwin additionally noticed a powerful enchancment in occupancy charges (up 5.2%), however from a decrease base.
Of all of the capital cities, Perth which skilled the very best general common occupancy fee at 79.9% within the six months to June 25, adopted by Hobart and Sydney.
5 main cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin and Canberra – all skilled a fall within the common every day income for every booked room over the primary half of 2025 in comparison with final yr, the report discovered.
“However Sydney nonetheless holds the standing as the town with the very best common income per room, adopted by Brisbane after which Perth,” Goodwin mentioned.
Climate occasions additionally took a toll on resort room occupancy, with the Gold Coast experiencing a fall in common occupancy for the six months primarily because of the cyclone affect in March.
Goodwin famous the significance of world-class sporting and leisure occasions to the resort business, pointing to the constructive affect of the British and Irish Lions Tour, which noticed followers flocking to key cities to look at the video games.
“The figures communicate for themselves; the primary match in Perth noticed occupancies up 10% on the earlier yr,” Goodwin mentioned.
“The primary take a look at in Brisbane on 19 July resulted in occupancy charges within the 88-90% vary not only for the night time, however for the three days main as much as the night of the take a look at.
“For the Saturday of the Brisbane take a look at itself, the typical every day fee was as much as double the earlier yr. An amazing end result.
“Each Canberra and Adelaide have been hosts of different tour fixtures earlier in July and each video games resulted in occupancy charges over 95% on the day of the take a look at – in addition to nice occupancy ranges main up the occasion as followers flocked to these capitals to get pleasure from their favorite sport.”
Goodwin pointed to robust ahead resort bookings for the rest of the tour.
Lodging Australia will launch its subsequent report card on the finish of 2025.
