Spain's hotel occupancy rates to exceed pre-pandemic level: report

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Spain's hotel occupancy rates to exceed pre-pandemic level: report

STORY: Spain's hotel occupancy rates to exceed pre-pandemic level: report DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hotels in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JORGE MARICHAL, President of CEHAT 3. various of hotels in Spain STORYLINE: According to a report released by the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) in December, Spain's hotel occupancy rates from December 2022 to the end of February 2023 are expected to be at least 0.6 percent higher than that in the winter season of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The survey, carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for CEHAT, focused on international tourists' intention to travel to Spain. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JORGE MARICHAL, President of CEHAT "International tourists continue to look to Spain and when they go on holiday abroad, one of the countries they have in mind is Spain, and that means hotel occupancy and revenue will be high this winter." The SiteMi

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