Hotels.com Reports Cut Rates From Top-End Hotels
Released
on: October 21, 2009, 6:43 am
Author: Hotels.com
Industry: Travel
Hotels.com
has revealed that the cost of a night in a luxurious hotel room
has tumbled worldwide, meaning that travellers' money has never
gone further.
According
to Hotels.com's Hotel Price Index (HPI), there are now a crop
of ten desirable destinations where £100 per night (or just
£50 a night each for a couple) will buy a five star room
in some of the most prestigious addresses in town.
The
list of cities where British travellers' cash goes the furthest
includes top European cities for culture vultures (£100
will get a five star room in Lisbon, Pisa, Warsaw, Prague and
Tallinn), as well as further-flung destinations including Melbourne,
Mexico City, Sao Paolo and Toronto.
The
Hotels.com HPI tracks the real prices paid per hotel room (rather
than advertised rates) for 78,000 hotels across 13,000 locations
around the world. The latest HPI looks at prices from January
to June 2009, compared to the same period in 2008.
Alison
Couper, Communications Director at Hotels.com, said: "The
best rooms in the world have never been so affordable according
to our data and travellers can get far more for their holiday
money this year than they have for a long time - the average price
of hotel room is back at 2004 levels. With such low prices and
some great deals around, travellers can enjoy a night in the lap
of luxury for less than ever."
For
£100, travellers visiting Toronto, Sydney, Copenhagen and
Edinburgh
hotels will be able to stay in rooms that are a full star
category higher in 2009 than the same money would buy in 2008.
About
Hotels.com
As part of the Expedia group, which operates in all major markets,
Hotels.com offers more than 100,000 quality hotels, B&Bs and
serviced apartments worldwide, including New
York Hotels, hotels
in London and Rome
hotels. If a customer can find the same deal for less on a
prepaid hotel, Hotels.com will match it. Hotels.com benefits from
one of the largest hotel contracting teams in the industry negotiating
the best rates for its customers, plus there are 1.3m reviews
from users who have actually stayed in the hotels to ensure customers
make an informed choice when booking.
Hotels.com won the Gold Award for best hotel booking site in Webuser
magazine in February 2009.
Hotels.com PR contact:
Cordy Griffiths
Hotels.com
42 Earlham St
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9LA
020 7019 2268
www.hotels.co.uk