Australia Open Increases Hotel Occupancy in Melbourne by 16.3 %
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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
Switzerland's Martina Hingis (L) and India's Sania Mirza pose with the trophy after winning their doubles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 29, 2016. Hingis and Mirza maintained their perfect record in Grand Slam doubles finals, beating the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the Australian Open on Friday to extend their winning streak to 36 matches on the way to a third major title. REUTERS/Jason Reed
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Global data research company STR announced that room occupancy rate in Melbourne is up by 16.3 percent during the Australia Open 2016.
STR says the increase in room occupancy rate occurred in January 18-31 2016 with the average occupancy rate reaches 90.4 percent and the average daily rate also jumps to 36.3 percent to AU$238.13 or around Rp2.38 million.
"Australia Open has brought new business at the time when they were usually slow," said Matthew Burke, STR Global Business Development Manager for Australia, on Thursday, February 4, 2016.
He said the majority of Australian people take their vacation in January and returned to their daily activities in February. Compared to last year’s Grand Slam tournament, Australia Open gave a huge impact toward the tournament’s host.