Visitors to Hawaii are paying record-high room rates ( ) a sharp drop in hotel occupancy this year. The softening has prompted<1> many hotels to offer deals and incentives-from complimentary surfboard rentals to free room upgrades-months before they normally do.
Marsha Wienert, a state tourism liaison, said such specials are traditionally offered during the spring, or the so-called “shoulder”period, but hotels started advertising <2> themas early as mid-January this year.
Hotel occupancy in Hawaii fell to 77 percent for the first two months of the year compared with 84 percent for the same period in 2006, according to the latest report by Hospitality Advisors. But the statewide average room rate surged 8 percent to $201, which is among the highest in the United States. Some chains set their
a. a sharp drop in hotel occupancy this year b. the statewide average room rate among the highest in the United Sates c. the wholesale rates set a year in advance by some chains d. the specials traditionally offered during the spring
問10.空欄に入る最も適切な語句を選択肢から選びなさい。
a. due to b. except for c. despite d. as
問11.下線部<2> themが指す内容として適切でないものはどれか、選択肢から選 びなさい。
a. deals and incentives b. complimentary surfboard rentals c. free room upgrades d. visitors to Hawaii
問12.この記事の見出しとして最もふさわしいものはどれか、選択肢から選びなさい。
a. Special campaign for shoulder season started this year too b. Hawaiian hotels set record-high room rates again c. Occupancy of Hawaiian hotels dropped 8 percent d. Drop in hotel occupancy brings early specials