Longview News-Journal:
Revenues grew at a percentage rate higher than the state average for Longview-area hotels during the third quarter compared with a year ago, and the occupancy rate increased, too, according to a report issued by a hotel consultancy firm.
Source Strategies Inc. of San Antonio said revenues were up 13.8% for the Longview metro and even higher within the city limits of Longview at 19.4% for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with 2018. That compared with modest growth throughout the oil patch at 3.5% and 9.7% for the rest of Texas.