Orange County’s hotels got a shot in the arm during April, with an average occupancy rate of 73.8%, up from 67.7% in April 1999, according to Hendersonville, Tenn.-based Smith Travel Research.
The 9% year-to-year increase was the biggest among the top 25 markets surveyed by Smith. That performance was enough to nudge OC’s occupancy more than a percentage point higher than the average in Los Angeles,which ended the month at 72.4%,and California as a whole, which posted an overall occupancy rate of 72.7% for the month.
