STR projected average daily rates will increase by 3.8 percent at U.S. hotels this summer, nearing peak rates of 2008,

while occupancy climbs 1.8 percent to 69 percent. STR COO Brad Garner said in a statement that additional leisure travel would add demand to already-strong corporate business travel demand, although the firm projects "very little contribution to the overall demand numbers from government transient and group travel" as well as "modest at best" inbound travel levels from the eurozone.