PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 7, 2024
An increase in leisure and business travel to Portland over the last decade has prompted a hotel building boom that promises to bring hundreds of hotel rooms to the region. Can the city absorb that many rooms? Industry experts say yes. About 1,250 new hotel rooms have come online in the last 10 years. Portland has at least 750 hotel rooms in various stages of the planning process, and there are more than 400 in the works in the surrounding area. About 15 million people came to the state in 2023. They spent about $9.1 billion, up from $8.6 billion the year before – and stayed for longer, according to the state Office of Tourism.