Palm Beach County hotels: rising rates & occupancy from last year [and why Lake Worth needs a hotel(s) downtown]

This news comes from Arlene Satchell at the Sun Sentinel:

     Hotels in Palm Beach County were 77.9 percent full last month at an average daily rate of $189.51. That compared 76 percent and $181.28 for the same month last year, according to STR.

And note that the numbers are up for Broward and Miami-Dade counties also.

And what of all those hotels in the little City of Lake Worth? This is what you see when you go to the Lake Worth VisitFlorida website:

Note that VisitFlorida is the most visited site in the world for those considering a trip to Florida. Along with two B&B's the Gulfstream Hotel is listed (which is not open for business as yet), and two hotels that are not in the City. 

Also listed as a place for visitors to stay is John Prince Park which is also not in the City of Lake Worth (and also not a hotel). 

And South Palm Suites is on the list for visitors to consider. Just one problem: that hotel doesn't exist any longer; it's now a sober house.