 Shares of Sotherly Hotels Inc. SOHO, 3.76 rose 3.8 in morning trading Wednesday, after the real estate investment trust REIT that focuses on hotels in the South reported second-quarter occupancy that rose from a year ago, but showed monthly declines for occupancy and revenue per available room RevPAR during the quarter. The company said overall occupancy was 69.5 in the second quarter, up 17.3 from a year ago but down 10.0 from the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. 