Wellington hotels crawl past 2024

7th April 2025 By Staff Reporter | news@propertyticker.co.nz | @propertyticker

Wellington’s hotel market managed to lift itself above last year’s results after a bit of a summer slog, according to figures from STR.

The capital has tracked consistently below 2024’s results since early February but turned that around last week, with both occupancy and average daily rate beating the results seen a year ago.

In comparison with the week of 4-10 February 2024, Wellington recorded for the week of 2-8 February 2025: 

• An occupancy rise of 15.1% to 72.1%
• Average daily rate (ADR) up 1.9% to $208.31
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR) up 17.3% to $150.15

Wellington’s performance was reflected across New Zealand as a whole, with occupancy nationwide up 11.2% to 75% compared to the same week last year, ADR lifting 2.3% to $242.09, and RevPAR rising 13.8% to $181.66.

STR collects daily accommodation data from 44% of all hotel rooms in New Zealand, including 70% of all rooms in Auckland, 67% of all rooms in Queenstown, 52% of all rooms in Christchurch, and 50% of all rooms at Wellington hotels.