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occupancy

[ok-yuh-puhn-see] / ˈɒk jə pən si /


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But the city’s hotels only got a 1% bump in occupancy, according to a report published this week by Hospitality Education and Research Organization, a project of the Hotel Assn. of Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some destination shopping centres are running at "almost 100% occupancy", she adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The video explainer referred to inspections only generally, and the state’s written guidance indicated only that this would need to happen before occupancy.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Recently, airport traffic and hotel occupancy had been recovering from their lows, even as both remain broadly below prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

It was in this manner that I discovered a room for immediate occupancy, in a house on a quiet street, the listing said, for eight dollars per week.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Net absorption, a measure of new occupancies minus new vacancies, fell to 3.5 million square feet in 2025, down from a pandemic-era high of 4.8 million in 2021, according to Newmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“But we’re running pretty weak occupancies right now,” he added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

She said much of the available accommodation is in "houses of multiple occupancies with shared amenities", but "this position is reflected nationally".

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

Mr. Freitag said the lower hotel occupancies in some cities may reflect a lower return-to-office rate in those places, which reduces the ability to have in-person business meetings.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

Though their final settlement must, of course, be deferred until the coming of peace, some regard will have to be paid, after all, to actual occupancies and accomplished facts.

From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell


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