NKY tourism has best year since 2007

Northern Kentucky’s hospitality industry saw hotel occupancy and overall visitor spending rise in 2010 for the first time in three years. Hotel demand grew 8.6 percent last year in Northern Kentucky, outpacing the growth in demand in the U.S., Kentucky, Ohio and Cincinnati, according to a news release issued by the bureau. Hotel occupancy also grew by 4.5 percent in Northern Kentucky despite a 3.9 percent increase in supply resulting from two new hotels opening last year. Northern Kentucky’s hotel supply increase was almost twice the national average, according to a report by the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau. Read more here.