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ahead of last year. A motel industry spokesman reported “a good spring and summer with the over all picture up from last year. Some areas are spotty because of
woijk^ on interstate highways. Over the state some units are adding new rooms to exhisting structures.”
Virginia’s hotels, motor hotels and convention centers report 1970 to be “rather soft and spotty.” This is believed due to the economic coiraition in which the country finds itself Harter said. The Beach and Valley areas were good, but the metropolitan areas were “soft.” Convention business was “soft” as companies are not sending large numbers of people to conventions this year Harter emphasized.
For the first 10 months inquires reported by the Virginia State Travel Service from offices in New York, Washington, D. C., Richmond and the Richmond headquarters office showed a gain of 10.9 per cent over the same period in 1969.
92.7%