Makkah was the only hotel market in the Middle East to see an increase in revenue during the first half of Ramadan, according to a report by STR, which compared preliminary daily data for six hotel markets in the Middle East from June 6-20 with that from 18 June to 2 July, corresponding to the first two weeks of Ramadan last year. The analysis showed that hotels in the city saw a 1.3% Y-o-Y increase in occupancy rates and an 8.5% increase in average daily rate (ADR), leading to a RevPAR increase of 9.9%. Hotels in Muscat experienced the steepest RevPAR decline during the two-week period, falling 23.4% Y-o-Y, on an 11.4% decrease in occupancy rates and a 13.8% drop in ADR. Dubai hotels recorded a 2.9% Y-o-Y increase in occupancy rates over the same period, but ADR was down 9.0%, resulting in a 6.4% decrease in RevPAR. (Arabian Business)