In August, when 4/5ths of the French hotel supply had reopened, the occupancy rate in France reached 49.0% of the rooms available (i.e. whether or not they were open to the public: this represents about 60% of occupancy in properties that had reopened).

This is of course 22.7 points less than the level recorded in August 2019 (71.7%). But while this decrease remains strong, performance is improving: in July, the occupancy rate for rooms available was only 41.8%, 34.2 points less than in July 2019. Thus, occupancy continues to grow after a recovery that began in May and July. RevPAR is also improving, from €34.5 excluding VAT in July, 54.3% less than in 2019, to €44.2 excluding VAT in August (based on rooms built), 35.3% less than in 2019 (€68.4 excluding VAT).

In France, the regions are getting closer and closer to its 2019 level and reached 61.7% of OR (based on rooms built) in August 2020, while Paris and the Ile-de-France are still in much lower occupancy levels, both in Paris (less than 17% of OR) and in the rest of the Ile-de-France (28.8%). The French regions, for their part, have benefited from the ongoing resumption of the summer vacations after a month of July that had already seen strong growth, mainly in coastal areas.

In August 2020, the Occupancy Rate jumped to 82.1% on the coast, down only 6.1 points relative to 2019, while that of the regions as a whole fell by 11.5 points. As for Paris and the Île-de-France, in addition to the fact that August is usually part of the low season due to the summer decline in business travel, the region remained very affected by a low level of leisure customers due to international tourism, which was much more limited by the...