STR projects the 2013 U.S. average daily hotel rate will increase 4.2 percent year over year to $110.61,

according to its latest forecast, released Wednesday. Those figures largely are in line with recent forecasts by PKF Hospitality Research and PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to the STR forecast, U.S. occupancy will increase 1.4 percent to 62.2 percent. Among major U.S. markets, Houston, Oahu and San Francisco will see the strongest combined gains in ADR and occupancy, according to STR, and Washington, D.C., will have the weakest combined ADR and occupancy performance. STR predicts 2014 U.S. ADR will increase 4.6 percent year over year to $115.73 and occupancy by 1.3 percent to 63.1 percent.