Orlando hotels endure worst year in decades | orlandosentinel.com
Orlando's hotel industry ended 2009 with another bad month in a string of bad months — and, by many measures, its worst year on record. Hotels in the Orlando area were little more than 60 percent full on average in December. That was down just 2 percent from the same month a year ago, but hoteliers also continued slashing prices, cutting the average daily room rate 10.9 percent to $86.69, according to data released Thursday by Smith Travel Research
