U.S. Hotels’ Summer Occupancy Saw Second-Largest Drop Since Recession


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The United States thankfully had fewer hurricanes this year. But because of that good news, some hotel markets are posting occupancy drops because fewer people needed them this year. That's likely indicative of how soft those markets were before the storms hit.

U.S. hotels had their second largest occupancy drop since the global financial crisis during the third quarter, with some analysts blaming last year's Texas and Florida hurricanes that boosted hotel bookings. Houston, which had Hurricane Harvey in the third quarter 2017 when many of its hotelsÂ