41.   Hotel resorts, which have high fixed costs, can substantially improve results with even an incremental increase in their occupancy rates.

42.   High occupancy rates in office buildings, accompanied by rising rents, suggest spending on commercial construction projects will remain healthy, she said.

43.   However, because of low occupancy rates, rents in downtown San Francisco may be twice as high as rents in downtown Los Angeles.

44.   Horizon also said it was having trouble raising occupancy rates at many of its remaining centers.

45.   Hotel occupancy rates were also solid in other parts of the region.

46.   Hotels say their occupancy rates rose last year.

47.   Hotel occupancy rates were falling before the terrorist attacks, and they fell again in response.

48.   Hyatt is testing this one at a few hotels with high occupancy rates.

49.   In contrast, many Northridge quake victims found housing fairly quickly because of low occupancy rates in the area.

50.   Instead of declining during good weather as it usually does, the shelter occupancy rate remained abnormally high right through the summer.