Orlando Hotels Struggling To Fill Rooms

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...Visits to Orlando are projected to be off by more than 9 percent this year and flat next year, according to the Orlando Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The drop in tourism is hurting hotel operators, retailers and a host of other businesses that rely on tourism dollars. Also taking a drubbing: commercial landlords....
Orlando-area hotel operators saw occupancy fall 10 percent from a year ago between January and August to 64 percent, according to Smith Travel Research. In the same period, revenue per available room, a key hotel industry metric, tumbled more than 20 percent....

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