2018 ended up as one of Anchorage's best in terms of hotel performance. Final data put hotel revenue for the year above $263 million. Average daily rate climbed near - and in some months even surpassed - historic marks. Hotel demand reversed course and improved after a series of declines in 2016 and 2017, up more than 1 percent year over year. Bed tax collections for the year reached a new high water mark: $27.7 million.

"We think that losses [in 2016 and 2017] were primarily a state and business response to Alaska’s economic slump," said Visit Anchorage President and CEO Julie Saupe. "Leisure travel continues to be a bright spot, despite these headwinds."

The findings rely on STR monthly data through December, as well as room tax collections published by the Municipality of Anchorage.

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