Hawaii Hotels Occupancy Report for May...May is always slow, June and July have been OK

From: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090706/NEWS01/907060336/Hawaii+hotels+report+occupancy+dropping

Monday, July 6, 2009
"Hawaii hotels report occupancy dropping"
By Robbie Dingeman Advertiser Staff Writer

Despite deep discounts on room rates, Hawai'i hotels were less than 62 percent full in May, marking the worst May since at least 1987...

May was the fourth straight month of record lows for occupancy in Hawai'i's hotels. Toy said the steep decline does not bode well for the rest of the summer and the rest of 2009...

The May hotel results reflect a 6.9 percent decline in visitor arrivals to Hawai'i and a 15 percent decline in visitor spending, according to data released earlier by the state.

Although all Islands showed fewer people staying in hotels, the Big Island was particularly hard hit, with the occupancy rate dropping below 50 percent. The Big Island suffered an 8.2 percentage point drop to trail all Hawai'i markets with an occupancy rate of 49.3 percent...