No word from the owners of the Ixora or Silver Lions motels on how their occupancy rate was for the month of February, but it seems that Palm Beach County was the place to be. With an occupancy rate of around 90%, surely there is room in this marketplace for more hotel rooms, especially in the central Palm Beach County area. Let's hope that all the mummering going on about the Gulfstream turns out to be for real. Click title for link.
In the latest sign that Palm Beach County tourism continues to grow, hoteliers should set a new occupancy record for February stays.
Tourism Development Council Executive Director Glenn Jergensen said Thursday that projections are on track for a new record of 89.9 percent occupancy in February, because the last three weeks of February were higher than 90 percent. The agency estimated the monthly figure based on weekly reports.
“The performance numbers are all huge,” Jergensen said.That would top the record set in 2005 of 89.8 percent.
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