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Total passenger traffic at all six Socal airports was down 3 percent in August, but occupancy levels at L.A. County hotels stood at a very healthy 82.9 percent - and two areas, Santa Monica and Santa Clarita, were over 90 percent. And it's going to cost you - Beverly Hills again topped all locales for having the highest average daily room rate, at $391.02. That's up 19 percent from last year.
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.