PRC-based hotel operator China Lodging Group Ltd said that during Q2 2013 the company opened 30 leased hotels and 93 net franchised hotels.

　　PRC-based hotel operator China Lodging Group Ltd said that during Q2 2013 the company opened 30 leased hotels and 93 net franchised hotels.

　　As of June 30, 2013, the company had 514 leased hotels, 679 franchised hotels, and 23 franchised Starway hotels in operation across 213 cities. The leased and franchised hotel rooms in operation increased by 32% and 83%, respectively, from a year ago.As of June 30, 2013, the company had 70 leased hotels and 362 franchised hotels contracted or under construction.

　　Due to fast expansion, the company said it had a higher percentage of hotels at the ramp-up stage during Q2 2013 compared to the same period last year.

　　In Q2 2013, the leased and franchised hotels in operation for less than six months contributed 19% of the company's total leased and franchised hotels' room nights available for sale, compared to 15% in the second quarter of 2012. The ramp-up hotels, as expected, had lower occupancy rate and RevPAR before becoming mature.

　　The ADR, which is defined as the average daily rate for all hotels in operation (excluding franchised Starway hotels), was RMB182 in Q2 2013, compared with RMB181 in Q2 2012 and RMB172 in the previous quarter.

　　China Lodging said that the year-over-year increase of 0.7% was mainly attributable to a 3.4% increase in same-hotel ADR, partially offset by the city mix shifting toward lower-tier cities and a higher% age of new hotels at the ramp-up stage. The sequential increase resulted mainly from seasonality.

　　The occupancy rate for all of the company's hotels in operation was 91.3% in Q2 2013, compared with 97.4% in Q2 2012 and 86.5% in the previous quarter.