The U.S. hotel industry saw year-over-year gains in both average daily rate and occupancy during March, according to STR. ADR grew 3 percent to $131.56, the largest year-over-year increase in a single month since January 2017. Occupancy rose 0.9 percent to 68.5 percent. The positive metrics are "especially noteworthy," STR VP of lodging insights Jan Freitag said, "considering that the end of the month fell on the negative side of the Easter calendar shift." Group occupancy was down 4.9 percent year over year, he said, because planners avoided the holiday. Among the top 25 markets with the most hotel supply, Orlando reported the largest year-over-year gain in ADR, up 9.2 percent to $152.05, and Philadelphia the largest rise in occupancy, up 9.7 percent to 73.5 percent. Washington, D.C., posted the steepest decline in ADR, down 5.2 percent to $168.15, and Detroit the largest drop in occupancy, down 8.3 percent to 64.1 percent.