CMA Fest delivers hotels pricing power

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 22, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Nashville’s hotel market was the nation’s strongest last week, helped by the impact of the CMA Festival, which hit town a week later than in 2008. Occupancy rates rose almost 6 percent while revenue per available room jumped more than 11 percent from a year ago.

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Record numbers at CMA Festival

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 15, 2009 at 9:28 pm

Last week’s CMA Music Festival drew a record average daily crowd of 56,000, up more than 7 percent from a year ago. Single-day tickets performed especially well.

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