More Visitors To Hawaii Find Alternatives To Hotels
July 9, 2007
Filed under Timeshare News
Report: Timeshare Use On the Rise
The Associated Press
Published: July 8, 2007
HONOLULU: More and more tourists to Hawaii are bypassing hotels and finding alternate accommodations such as timeshare units, bed-and-breakfast inns or simply a couch at a friend’s house.
Despite record arrivals in May, hotel occupancy fell 6.5 percentage points to 69 percent because of increased use of non-hotel accommodations, according to the latest report by Hospitality Advisors LLC.
For the first five months of the year, hotel occupancy has dipped 6 percentage points to 74.4 percent.
Meanwhile, the numbers of visitors who stayed in vacation condominiums, timeshares, cruise ships or with friends and relatives have all increased, according to the state. [read article]
