The U.S. hotel and lodging industry is showing healthy profits, and is expected to continue doing so. It has been pointed out by a number of leading individuals in the sector that the success is based on higher room rates rather than increasing amounts of people staying overnight. The average spend last year was calculated at $61.69 per night, up 7.5% on the previous year. Read more at:http://www.tourism-review.com/top_weekly_full.php?id=174.