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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

• licensed hotels and resorts with facilities and 5 or more rooms
• motels, private hotels and guest houses with facilities and 5 or more rooms
• serviced apartments with 5 or more units
• caravan parks with 40 or more powered sites
• holiday flats, units and houses of letting entities with 15 or more rooms or units
• visitor hostels with 25 or more bed spaces.

SUMMARY COMMENTARY


SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND TREND

Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms

Key figures, Seasonally adjusted and trend - Australia
		Dec Qtr 2005	Mar Qtr 2006	Jun Qtr 2006	Sep Qtr 2006	Dec Qtr 2006
Seasonally Adjusted
	Takings from accommodation ('000)	1 566 211	1 636 257	1 680 826	1 685 104	1 782 173
	Room occupancy rate (%)	62.7	64.2	64.6	63.5	65.2
Trend
	Takings from accommodation ('000)	1 591 305	1 624 980	1 667 932	1 713 853	1 756 804
	Room occupancy rate (%)	63.2	63.7	64.1	64.4	64.6

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the total accommodation takings increased by 5.8% to $1,782.2 million from September quarter 2006 to December quarter 2006.

ACCOMMODATION TAKINGS, Seasonally adjusted and trend - Australia

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the room occupancy rate increased by 1.7 percentage points to 65.2% from September quarter 2006 to December quarter 2006.

ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE(a), Seasonally adjusted and trend - Australia

ORIGINAL

Hotels, motels and serviced apartments

The original estimates are impacted by seasonal variations and irregular or non-seasonal influences. Comparisons between quarters should be made with caution.

Key figures, Original - Australia
		Dec Qtr 2005	Mar Qtr 2006	Jun Qtr 2006	Sep Qtr 2006	Dec Qtr 2006
Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 to 14 rooms
	Rooms (no.)	19 293	18 971	18 701	18 609	18 631
	Room nights occupied ('000)	807.5	798.3	739.7	758.3	792.3
	Room occupancy rate (%)	46.0	47.3	43.9	44.4	46.7
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	71 657	72 685	64 684	69 022	73 934
	Average takings per room night occupied ($)	88.74	91.04	87.45	91.02	93.32
Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms
	Rooms (no.)	212 784	212 598	213 035	213 768	215 172
	Room nights occupied ('000)	12 543.5	12 225.5	11 748.7	12 829.8	13 161.0
	Room occupancy rate (%)	64.5	64.2	60.9	65.3	66.9
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	1 650 876	1 649 208	1 526 511	1 740 492	1 866 614
	Average takings per room night occupied ($)	131.61	134.90	129.93	135.66	141.83
Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms
	Rooms (no.)	232 077	231 569	231 736	232 377	233 803
	Room nights occupied ('000)	13 351.0	13 023.8	12 488.3	13 588.1	13 953.3
	Room occupancy rate (%)	63.0	62.8	59.5	63.7	65.3
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	1 722 533	1 721 893	1 591 196	1 809 514	1 940 549
	Average takings per room night occupied ($)	129.02	132.21	127.41	133.17	139.07

Accommodation takings for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms for December quarter were $1,866.6 million, at an average of $141.83 per room night occupied. For establishments with 5 to 14 rooms, accommodation takings were $73.9 million, at an average of $93.32 per room night occupied.

The contributions to accommodation takings in December quarter 2006 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms were highest in New South Wales ($642.3 million) and Queensland ($533.7 million).

Room occupancy rate

The room occupancy rate for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 65.3% in December quarter 2006.

Room occupancy rate, Original - Australia

Room nights occupied

Total room nights occupied were 14.0 million in December quarter 2006 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms. Room nights occupied were highest in New South Wales (4.3 million) and Queensland (3.9 million).

For hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, room nights occupied were 13.2 million in December quarter 2006, while for establishments with 5 to 14 rooms, room nights occupied were 0.8 million.

Average length of stay

The average length of stay in December quarter 2006 for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 2.2 days. For establishments with 15 or more rooms, the average length of stay was 2.3 days and 1.8 days for establishments with 5 to 14 rooms.

Queensland (2.7 days) reported the longest average length of stay for hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, followed by Western Australia (2.6 days). The shortest average length of stay was in Tasmania (1.9 days).

Star grading

In December quarter 2006, the room occupancy rate for five-star hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 5 or more rooms was 78.9% compared with 29.9% for one-star. For hotels, motels and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms, the room occupancy rate was 79.2% for five-star establishments compared with 30.1% for one-star.

For establishments with 5 to 14 rooms, four-star (51.6%) and three-star (51.5%) establishments had the highest room occupancy rates, compared with one-star establishments at 29.6%.

ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE, Star grading - December Qtr 2006

Key figures, Original - Australia
		Dec Qtr 2005	Mar Qtr 2006	Jun Qtr 2006	Sep Qtr 2006	Dec Qtr 2006
Caravan parks
	Total caravan park capacity (no.)	237 328	237 490	236 872	235 476	235 169
	Nights occupied ('000)	10 879	11 120	10 766	11 215	10 854
	Site occupancy rate (%)	50.1	52.1	50.2	52.5	50.3
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	213 168	226 027	203 323	220 388	231 153
Holiday flats and units
	Total units (no.)	28 392	28 714	28 281	27 941	28 230
	Nights occupied ('000)	1 343	1 351	1 041	1 238	1 315
	Unit occupancy rate (%)	51.6	52.4	40.5	48.4	50.8
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	150 755	156 184	108 196	140 168	157 995
Visitor hostels
	Bed spaces (no.)	48 332	48 042	47 732	47 405	46 631
	Guest nights ('000)	2 110	2 325	1 928	2 032	2 256
	Bed occupancy rate (%)	47.6	54.1	44.6	46.9	53.2
	Takings from accommodation ($'000)	49 893	53 337	45 136	49 155	55 751

Short-term caravan park accommodation takings were $191.2 million in December quarter 2006, while takings for long-term caravan parks were $40.0 million in that quarter.

Accommodation takings for holiday flats, units and houses were $158.0 million in December quarter 2006. For visitor hostels, accommodation takings were $55.8 million.

Occupancy rate

The site occupancy rate for all caravan parks in December quarter 2006 was 50.3%. Short-term caravan park site occupancy rates were 46.6%, while the rate for long-term caravan parks was 75.2% in December quarter 2006.

For holiday flats, units and houses, the unit occupancy rate was 50.8% in December quarter 2006.

The bed occupancy rate for visitor hostels in December quarter 2006 was 53.2%. New South Wales (64.8%), Western Australia (56.7%) and Queensland (55.3%) had the highest bed occupancy rates for visitor hostels in December quarter 2006.