Data from STR Global show third-quarter performance by U.S. hotels improving across all key metrics, although growth in revenue per available room slowed slightly. Industrywide revPAR grew 5.1 percent, to $72, while average daily rate increased 3.9 percent, to $107.34, and occupancy grew 1.2 percent, to 67.1 percent, during the period. Read the TravelPulse story here.