Hotel stays for eclipse underperform, Austin travel leaders say

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local group Visit Austin said 78% of hotel rooms were booked through the April 8 solar eclipse, but that while successful, the turnout was not as great as initially anticipated. Wesley Lucas with Visit Austin said the agency regularly tracks the occupancy of Austin’s 50,000 hotel rooms. She said the number of rooms booked for eclipse travel is roughly the same as other large localized events such as the Austin City Limits festival and South by Southwest. Lucas said they expected to see eclipse travel more on...