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Regional hotels resilient during the first half of the January to June period this year, despite some markets facing economic and political unrest. Hotels in Dubai did well across all performance indicators. They recorded an overall occupancy rate of 86 per cent during the six months ending in June, up two per cent from the 84 per cent recorded during the corresponding time a year ago, the latest report by Ernst and Young showed. Meanwhile, average daily rate (ADR — a benchmark for performance) for the same period increased from Dh981 to Dh 1,041, while revenue per available room (RevPAR) was up 8.8 per cent. Revenues increased by 16 per cent to nearly Dh3 billion, according to the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi). In June, Dubai hotels saw RevPAR rise by 6.9 per cent as a result of average room rate jumping from Dh670 to Dh705. Jeddah’s RevPAR was up 13.4 per cent, and occupancy remained at 80 per cent during the first half of this year. Similarly, Manama, Bahrain, recorded positive performance during the first half, with RevPAR up 15.4 per cent.