Hotels in the Capital City of the United Kingdom are Amongst the Three Most Expensive in Europe According to the Latest hotel.info Price Barometer

NUREMBURG, Germany, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Hotel overnight prices in many international cities have increased since the start of the year. Where hotel guests have to dig deeper in their pockets and in which cities rates have decreased year on year is demonstrated by hotel.info, the free online hotel reservation service with more than 210,000 hotels worldwide. The result:  

- Room prices in London have risen by an average of 6.58 %

- Rio de Janeiro has considerably higher accommodation costs during the carnival

Moscow is once more the most expensive of all the European capital cities for hotel accommodation. In comparison with the previous year the average hotel cost per night decreased slightly by 2 % to 153.61 GBP. The Norwegian capital Oslo is in second place with134.63 GBP. In London hotel room prices increased by 6.58 % to 132.54 GBP. It is possible that various events such as exhibitions and concerts could have had a positive influence on demand during February. In Warsaw the average increase of more than 3% could be a precursor of the European Football Championship which will take place in Poland in a few months time.

During February hotel guests in Sydney had to really dig deep. Overnight costs increased by an average of 19 % to 159.60 GBP.

The press release in full can be found here:

http://www.hotel.info/Press.aspx?item=1569&mode=article&lng=EN

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