The hotels of Norway scored a double digit occupancy increase according to the Hotel Performance Results released by STR Global. The Norwegian hotels scored a 14.3% increase, taking the toll to 63%, in terms of occupancy rates during March 2009 according to the report released for the Americas, Asia/ Pacific, Europe & Middle East/ Africa.

“The annual Easter mismatch has had a positive effect on European performance but has only extended to a very limited number of markets,” said James Chappell, managing director of STR Global. “Europe as a whole fell 14 percent in RevPAR, up from the 19 percent drop in February, with southern Europe again bearing the brunt of the hit and dropping by over 20 percent in RevPAR.