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Article: Hotel business picking up speed. (Midyear Review Focus).(Fairfield County)
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- Fairfield County Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 29, 2002
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To paraphrase a famous Connecticut author, reports of the hotel industry's demise in Fairfield County have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, it seems to be picking up quite a bit, thank you.
According to Smith Travel Research, hotels in the towns included in the Coastal Fairfield County Convention & Visitor Bureau area report occupancy rates are down 5.1 percent from January through May of 2002. However, the rate improved significantly from a 15 percent deficit in January.
The towns covered are Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Wilton, Weston, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Easton, Monroe and Stratford.
Nationwide, according ...