San Diego Hotels Face Bad Economy

By Nick Stoffel / Producer, KPBS Morning Edition, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published January 5, 2009 at 4:42 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

The current financial crisis has left many San Diego hotel rooms vacant.

The current financial crisis has left many San Diego hotel rooms vacant.

David Peckinpaugh is with the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau. He says the number of people filling-up hotel rooms across the county has been going down for several months.

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Peckinpaugh: "We've seen, since September, double-digit decreases in occupancy. And so it's been very concerning, very difficult times. And we are forecasting the next six months to continue to be pretty difficult."

Peckinpaugh says despite the hotel occupancy decline, the good news is attraction attendance in San Diego has remained steady year-over-year.

Nick Stoffel

Nick is a life-long San Diegan who enjoys the thrill of breaking news and delivering balanced information to the community. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003 with a degree in American history and a focus on Hispanic studies and communication, Nick became an assignment editor at XETV/FOX 6 (now a CW affiliate) in San Diego. In 2006, he joined KPBS Radio as a producer for These Days. He produced several special programs, including an examination into immigration, religion, and security during a post-9/11 world. He was also an associate producer on the weekly opinion program, Editors Roundtable. The following year, he transitioned to the KPBS newsroom as producer for the award-winning morning drive program, Morning Edition. He loves waking up early to deliver the news to the intelligent KPBS audience. When he's not burying his head in news, Nick enjoys playing golf and getting too competitive on the indoor soccer field.

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