Visitors to Los Angeles County hotels paid an average of $133.67 to spend a night in a hotel room in May, an 8 percent increase from one year earlier and 5 percent higher than the $126.87 average in April, according to data released Wednesday by PKF Consulting.
Average occupancy rates at county hotels rose 2.5 percent from a year earlier to 74.8 percent but fell from April’s 76.1 percent rate. Airport hotels had the highest occupancy rate at 80.2 percent, while downtown hotels had the lowest average occupancy rate at just above 60 percent.
All submarkets in the county saw increases in average room rates in May. Beverly Hills led the county with a 15.8 percent year-over-year increase to $312.47, while West Hollywood had the second-steepest rate hike at 14.1 percent, to $191.37.
Beverly Hills hotels are the priciest in the region, while airport hotels at an average of $83.23 per night are the cheapest.