More U.S. Hotel Closures Likely With Occupancy Rates Near 20%

A pedestrian walks past a boarded up St. Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Occupancy rates at U.S. hotels fell slightly to 22% in the week ending April 4, as social-distancing measures continued to batter travel companies.

The key industry metric fell below 20% in a majority of the 25 largest markets, according to lodging data firm STR.