Glossary · Rates and revenue

What is RevPAR (revenue per available room)?

RevPAR (revenue per available room) is room revenue divided by the number of room nights available in the period — or, the same thing, ADR multiplied by the occupancy rate. It measures how well a hotel turns its whole inventory into money, not just the rooms it sold.

Also called Revenue per available room · Rates and revenue · Last reviewed 25 September 2026

The formula

RevPAR = room revenue ÷ room nights available
RevPAR = ADR × occupancy rate

Room nights available is rooms × nights in the period. Because the denominator counts every room, RevPAR falls when rooms sit empty even if the price held — which is the whole point of it.

Example: a lower price, a higher RevPAR

20 rooms, 30 nightsMonth AMonth B
Room nights available600600
Room nights sold300450
Price (ADR)₹3,000₹2,400
Room revenue₹9,00,000₹10,80,000
Occupancy50%75%
RevPAR₹1,500₹1,800

In month B the price fell by ₹600 and RevPAR still rose by ₹300, because 150 more rooms were sold. Whether that is the better month also depends on the cost of servicing 150 more stays — RevPAR measures revenue, not profit.

How Nivasik handles it

Revenue Insights in Nivasik shows revenue against occupancy from the property's own reservations and folios, and the next-30-nights view counts capacity as units × 30 across every night, not just the nights that are booked.

Questions people ask

Is a higher RevPAR always better?

For revenue, yes — it means more money from the same rooms. For profit, not always: filling rooms at a much lower price adds cleaning, laundry and staff costs that RevPAR does not see.

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