Mr. Winograd added that increases in hotel occupancy levels tend to be tightly correlated with growth in the gross domestic product.
In New Jersey, lawmakers' opposition to the increases in hotel, cigarette, telephone and real estate sales taxes proposed by Gov. James E. McGreevey, a Democrat, have created a dayslong impasse of canceled committee hearings and voting sessions.
This time around, in a sign of how much has changed, top corporate travel agencies and travel consultants say they now expect negotiated airfares and hotel rates in the United States to climb next year, with double-digit increases in hotel rates in cities like New York.
With increases in hotel supply, even cities with normally strong leisure and business traveler demand see room for discounts.
The rise in services employment in the city comes from an increase in hotels, shops and leisure facilities.
But Russell has seen an increase in hotels striving to reduce emissions, particularly in the last five years and particularly among hotels that cater to corporate clients.
Sabre, based in Southlake, Tex., also had an increase in hotel-room bookings.
Revenue rose 19percentto to $69.8 million, from $58.5 million, because of an increase in hotel management and ownership fees.
Total spent on taxis and hospitality was down, but there was a big increase in the amount claimed for flights and a smaller increase in hotel expenditure.
Still, some people wonder what will happen when the athletes and the spectators go home, and Beijing is left to absorb an enormous increase in hotel rooms, shops and office space, some in unproven neighborhoods.
