Santa Clarita Hotels Rank in Top 5

Santa Clarita ranked among the top five hotel markets in the Los Angeles area for May 2007, according to a report by PKF Consulting. The city had an overall occupancy rate of 80.93 percent. That puts Santa Clarita ahead of other local destinations for the month, including Santa Monica at 80.43 percent and West Hollywood at 78.92 percent. In the last year, two new hotel properties have opened in the Santa Clarita Valley, including the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Stevenson Ranch, with 140 rooms, and the Courtyard by Marriott in Santa Clarita, also with 140 rooms. This has increased the available room inventory by 19 percent, from 1,508 hotel rooms to 1,788 hotel rooms.