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Average occupancy and room-rate statistics have limitations when used to monitor the hotel/motel industry. The authors explain an alternative measure called the lodging index, which reflects average revenue per room-night. The lodging index can be particularly useful for local travel destinations where average occupancy and room rates are not available.
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Wassenaar et al. (1991) studied this question.
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