The county's hotel occupancy rate was 72.5% between January and May--up more than 1% over the same period last year--while average room rates were $112, up 5.3% from last year, according to the report.
In the US as a whole, occupancy in June fell 4% to 69.1%. Room rates were flat at $85.32.
Mark Lomanno, president of Smith Travel, says slower economic growth and persistent room supply increases have "combined to yield weak second-quarter performance for the US lodging industry."
Nationally, occupancy was 64.7% for the second quarter of 2001, a decrease of 4.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
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