Airport hotels benefit from December snow
01.02.11
The heavy snow experienced across most of the UK in December affected occupancy levels for many hotels across the country, providing a boost for airport hotels, reported the PKF Hotel Consultancy Services.
The snow disruption at Gatwick and Heathrow saw stranded passengers desperate for rooms. At Gatwick, occupancy was up 15.5% to 73.6% compared to 63.7% in December last year. Room rate was also up, by 14.3% to £69.19 and rooms yield therefore jumped 32.1% to £50.93.
Robert Barnard, partner for Hotel Consultancy Services at PKF, said: ‘December proved that heavy snowfall can be both good and bad for hoteliers. The airport hotels had a good month due to the closure of runways, while cities like Edinburgh, had a bad month due to peoples' inability to visit the city.'
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