Weekly Message
Weekly STR Report
Week of March 16-22, 2025
Occupancy (%)
This year: 56.8
Last year: 48.2
Percentage Change: 17.8
ADR
This year: 166.50
Last year: 165.85
Percentage Change: 0.4
RevPAR
This year: 94.51
Last year: 79.90
Percentage Change: 18.3
Demand
This year: 40,349
Last year: 35,328
Percentage Change: 14.2
Weekly Reminders
Meet Minneapolis Sales Team Deployment
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Site Inspections, Pre Promotes & Pre Cons
| March 26-28 Attn: 150 Peak: 45 Total: 102 | Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative 14th Annual Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative Organizational Meeting Tentative for 2025 Site Inspection Destination Sales: Jessica Derrick-Elavsky |
| March 27 Attn: 300 Peak: 250 Total: 632 | Coalition for Networked Information 2026 CNI Spring Membership Meeting Tentative for 2026 Site Inspection Destination Sales: Alyssa Ripley |
| March 31 - April 3 Attn: 155 Peak: 155 Total: 470 | ConferenceDirect Diversity 2025 Definite for 2025 Site Inspection Destination Services: Erica Bergum |
| April 5-8 Attn: 600 Peak: 396 Total: 1,824 | Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association​ 2026 CIVSA Annual Conference Definite for 2026 Site Inspection Destination Services: Ashley Williams |
| April 15 Attn: 523 Peak: 486 Total: 1,084 | Huntington National Bank 2025 HFA Advice and Planning Conference Definite for 2025 Site Inspection Destination Services: Abby Mikel |
| April 15-17 Attn: 800 Peak: 325 Total: 1,025 | Laryngology Education Foundation 2027 Fall Voice Conference Tentative for 2027 Site Inspection Destination Sales: Madison Rohde |
| April 16-18 Attn: 2,000 Peak: 1,170 Total: 4,400 | National Association of Insurance Commissioners 2025 Summer National Meeting Definite for 2025 Site Inspection Destination Services: Tamara Spude |
Upcoming Tradeshows and Sales Calls
| April 9-10 | PCMA Visionary Awards / Fashion Show Destination Sales: Kay Russell, Josh Valasek, Roz Dixon, Stephanie Grimaldi, Christy Loy, and Melvin Tennant |
| April 13-17 | Sports ETA Symposium Sports Minneapolis: Kate Robey |
| April 16 | MN Meetings & Events Day (WeConnect) Destination Sales: Tom Ruzsa, Deb Taylor, and Sheila Tapia |
| April 22 | Destination Celebration Minneapolis Destination Sales: Tom Ruzsa and Sheila Tapia |
| April 24 | Destination Celebration Kansas City Destination Sales: Emily Heggernes |
| May 20-22 | CD Diversity Conference 2025 Destination Sales: Betty Williams, Jessica Derrick-Elavsky, Tom Ruzsa, and Savannah Fargen |
Weekly Production
For the week of March 17-23, 2025 the Meet Minneapolis Destination Sales Department produced 22 leads totaling 27,171 total room nights, for an average lead size of 1,235 room nights. For an overview of these leads, view here: Weekly Production
