May hotel occupancy continues rise with best month so far

With summer yet to arrive, the weather and hotel occupancy are beginning to heat up.

Lodging numbers from the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association show that statewide, 66.3% of hotel rooms were booked during the month of May, the highest percentage so far this year. 

Boulder and the U.S. Highway 36 corridor hewed to the statewide average with 65.9% and 66.2% occupancy, respectively, at average daily rates of $229.66 in Boulder and $171.05 along U.S. 36.

Other areas of the Northern Colorado region, for the most part, exceeded the state average.

Longmont’s hotels were 75.4% full, with an average daily rate of $134.62.

Loveland lodging…