Upgrades, and Higher Prices, for Airport Hotels | nytimes.com

The airport hotel, that bastion of utility and convenience for marooned travelers, is having a banner year. In the first four months of 2014, hotels in the United States situated near airports sold a collective 27.2 million rooms, a record, according to the hotel research company STR. For travelers and meeting planners, this means airport rooms are more expensive and can be harder to find.