New York City hotels sold 38.1 million room nights in 2025, up 2 percent over 2024. City occupancy reached 84.1 percent. Average daily rate reached $333.71. Revenue per available room reached $280.71, up 4.5 percent on the year. National RevPAR declined in 2025 for the first time since 2020.
The city averaged 124,000 active hotel rooms in 2025, up 2 percent over 2024. The five boroughs held 1,003 hotel establishments, up 11.2 percent from 2020. Manhattan accounted for 597 of them.
New York City Tourism + Conventions counted 65 million visitors in 2025, up 0.7 percent over 2024. Domestic visitors made up 52.4 million of that total and international visitors 12.5 million. Tourism generated $84.7 billion in total economic impact, $55.6 billion in direct spending and $7.5 billion in local and state taxes. The sector supported 397,000 jobs. The bureau also booked 1,515 meetings and events for 2025, which generated almost 345,000 definite room nights.
Two agencies publish city hotel performance for 2025. The State Comptroller reports occupancy of 84.1 percent. The tourism bureau reports 84.2 percent, level with 2024. This roundup uses the Comptroller figures for occupancy, rate and RevPAR, and the bureau figures for visitation and inventory.
How This List Is Built
The roundup draws on the newsroom New York directory, which lists 254 properties in the city. Every hotel below holds a directory page on the network booking sites, so the same address takes live rate requests. Entries run in order of published room count.
1. New York Marriott Marquis
The Times Square hotel holds 1,971 rooms and 110,000 square feet of meeting space across 55 rooms. It opened in 1985 and took a renovation in 2021. Group rate requests for the address run through groupRooms.org.
2. New York Hilton Midtown
The hotel holds 1,878 rooms, including 45 suites, and 151,000 square feet of meeting space across 49 rooms. The property carries the largest hotel ballroom in the city. It opened in 1963 and was renovated in 2017. hotelHuddle takes booking requests for the address.
3. Sheraton New York Times Square
The hotel holds 1,780 rooms and 61,808 square feet of meeting space. It opened in 1961 and was renovated in 2019. bookMyTeam.org lists the property for team travel.
4. Hyatt Grand Central New York
The hotel holds 1,298 rooms. The building opened in 1917 and was renovated in 2012. hotelHaggle lists the property for rate bidding.
5. Lotte New York Palace
The hotel holds 909 rooms and 27,074 square feet of meeting space across 23 rooms. It opened in 1980 and was renovated in 2014. groupRooms.org lists the property for group blocks.
6. InterContinental New York Barclay
The hotel holds 704 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space. It opened in 1926 and was renovated in 2016. hotelSlots.org lists the property for day-use bookings.
7. Conrad New York Downtown
The hotel holds 463 rooms and 30,000 square feet of meeting space across 15 rooms. It opened in 2012 and was renovated in 2022. bookMyTeam.org lists the property for team travel.
8. The Times Square EDITION
The hotel holds 452 rooms and 18,500 square feet of meeting space. It opened in 2019. hotelHuddle takes booking requests for the address.
9. Waldorf Astoria New York
The hotel holds 375 rooms and 43,123 square feet of meeting space. The building opened in 1931 and took a renovation in 2025. hotelHaggle lists the property for rate bidding.
10. The Plaza, a Fairmont Managed Hotel
The hotel holds 282 rooms and suites on Central Park South. groupRooms.org lists the property for group blocks.
What the 2026 Pipeline Adds
New York City is projected to open 4,852 hotel rooms in 2026. The Comptroller expects the city to lead the nation in new rooms for a second consecutive year. The pipeline holds 24 projects with 5,778 rooms in active development through 2028. In 2020 the city carried 15,777 rooms under construction.
The Comptroller forecast for 2026 puts city demand growth at 1.2 percent, supply growth at 0.9 percent, occupancy growth at 0.3 percent, ADR growth at 4.4 percent and RevPAR growth at 4.8 percent.
Where the Rates Stand
Occupancy splits by segment for 2025. Luxury hotels averaged 82.2 percent. Upscale hotels averaged 87.5 percent. Midscale hotels averaged 76.7 percent.
City ADR reached $333.71 in 2025. Manhattan carried the largest hotel count in the city, at 597 properties.
Sources
Market figures come from the Office of the State Comptroller report The Hotel Industry in New York City, July 2026, and from the New York City Tourism + Conventions 2025 annual report released in March 2026. Property figures come from each hotel's published inventory on its supplier listing.