L.A. County hotels see record occupancy rates in July
Hotels in Los Angeles County enjoyed record occupancy rates in July thanks to surging numbers of foreign and domestic tourists, as well as growing convention and conference visitors.
An average of 83.9% of all rooms were occupied in July, the highest rate for any month in the last 25 years, according to the Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board.
The record rate marks the seventh straight month of year-over-year increases and represents the latest indication that tourism — one of the region's biggest industries — has rebounded from the economic downturn.
"People are traveling now," said Mehdi Eftekari, general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. "We've had a lot of Europeans. We have Middle Eastern travelers, and also people from the U.S. are traveling."
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