Hawaii hotel occupancy 64%

Hawaii hotel occupancy 64%
Waikiki got busier but neighbor island hotels emptied out last week. The bottom of the slow season saw more than half the hotel rooms on Kauai and the Big Island go unsold.
For the period Nov. 26-Dec. 2, statewide occupancy, which had been 72.4 percent the week before, fell to 63.9 percent, Hospitality Advisors reported Friday.
Around the islands:
Oahu: 77.3 percent, up 3.9 percentage points from the comparable week a year ago. Average daily room rate: $163, up 6.9 percent from year-before levels.
Maui: 56.1 percent, down 18 full points from the week before and down 7.6 points from year-before levels. Average room rate: $192, up 1.1 percent.
Kauai: 47.1 percent, down 14 full points from the week before but 3.7 points better than the same week last year. Average rate: $188, up 12 percent.
Big Island:42.6 percent, down almost 14 full point from the previous week and down 13.4 points from year-before levels. Rate: $168, up 14.2 percent.
In the same period, Smith Travel Research reported nationwide hotel occupancy was 54.8 percent, a rebound from 48.3 percent the previous week but down slightly from year-before levels. Room rates were almost 6 percent higher than year-before charges. Occupancy was 67.9 percent in Los Angeles and 55.7 percent in Orlando.