Glossary · Rates and revenue

What is ADR (average daily rate) in a hotel?

ADR (average daily rate) is the average price a hotel earned per occupied room over a period: room revenue divided by the number of room nights sold.

Also called Average daily rate, Average room rate, ARR · Rates and revenue · Last reviewed 25 September 2026

The formula

ADR = room revenue ÷ room nights sold

Use room revenue only — not food, laundry or anything else on the bill — and leave taxes out. Complimentary rooms are usually left out of both the revenue and the nights, so a free room does not drag the average down. Indian hotels often call the same number ARR, the average room rate.

ADR says how well you priced the rooms you sold; it says nothing about the rooms you did not sell. That is why it is read beside occupancy, and why RevPAR combines the two.

Example

In June a 20-room hotel sells 390 room nights for ₹11,70,000 of room revenue, taxes excluded.

ADR = ₹11,70,000 ÷ 390 = ₹3,000

How Nivasik handles it

Nivasik's PMS reports and Revenue Insights read the reservations and folios themselves, so room revenue is what was actually charged to rooms, and revenue is shown against occupancy.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between ADR and RevPAR?

ADR divides room revenue by the rooms you sold; RevPAR divides the same revenue by all the rooms you had. A hotel can raise ADR by selling fewer rooms at a higher price and see RevPAR fall.

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