Battle of hotel revenue: Austin surpasses Alamo City

​​​SAN ANTONIO - For the first time, according to industry tracker Source
Strategies Inc., Austin-Round Rock passed up the Alamo City, generating
more hotel revenue than a market so heavily dependent on the tourism
sector.

Austin hotels generated more than $315 million in second quarter of 2015 — an 18.1 percent improvement over the same
three-month period the previous year, according to Source Strategies’
latest Hotel Brand Report.

San Antonio’s hotel industry generated $299 million in revenue in 2Q 2015 — a 2.3 percent decline from 2Q 2014.

Austin
is outperforming San Antonio in another critical area — REVPAR, or
revenue per available room. Austin’s hotel industry eclipsed $105 in
REVPAR in 2Q. San Antonio hotels generated just over $71 on average in
revenue per available.

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*Metro Areas include seven metros with revenue gains exceeding 7%

Get more hotel data for Texas cities, MSA’s and counties from Source Strategies.​