The hotel market is sizzling again. Last year, 320 California hotels were sold, worth $2.2 billion, according to Costa Mesa-based Atlas Hospitality Group. That’s up from 267 sales worth $1.8 billion ...

Stepping into a brand new hotel room with nary a scuff mark on the floor is the lodging equivalent of the new car smell. There's a certain pleasure in knowing that no one else has stepped into your ...

Los Angeles County hotels saw a 7.5 percent increase in 2004 occupancy rates from a year earlier, as the industry continued to show signs of recovery from a slump following the 2001 terrorist attacks.