Orlando cheapest city hotels in the world – Hotels.com

The cost of staying in hotels in Europe and Asia rose last year, while those in the US and the rest of the world fell.

Hotel rates globally fell by 0.4% year-on-year but prices across all European destinations rose by 4.5% during 2007, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index.

The overall rise reflected the rising popularity of Europe as a destination – with prices up in most major cities including Venice (£125), London (£115), Rome (£104) and Edinburgh (£103).

Asian hotel prices also rose slightly in 2007, by 3.3%. The price rises were driven by big rises in destinations such as Singapore (up 22% to £88), Jakarta (up 25% to £67) and Bali (up 7% to £72).

But outside of New York, US cities had some of the cheapest rooms in the world. Prices across the country were down 2.2% on the same period 12 months before. This made the US more than 15% cheaper on average than Europe.

The report shows a growing divide between the popular ‘must-see’ cities such as London, New York and Paris which all experienced price increases, while other European destinations, such as Pisa, Tallinn and Prague saw price falls.

With prices averaging £55 across all star ratings, Orlando was the cheapest of the world’s major cities with prices averaging £55 across all star ratings.

Long haul destinations now represent some of the best-value city breaks around the world.

In the Far East, cities including Bangkok (£58), Shanghai (£61) and Beijing (£66), offer some of the best value rooms.

In South America, Mexico City (£59), Sao Paulo (£63) and Buenos Aires (£70) all offer some of the most reasonable average prices for travellers globally.

Tallinn (£57), Pisa (£66) and Berlin (£66) were the major cities in Europe offering the best value

At the other end of the scale, Moscow (£194) was once again the most expensive city in the world and experienced an average price increase of over one fifth (22%) year-on-year.

New York remains the world’s second most expensive major city with the average night costing £143, a rise of 5% on the same period in 2006

Dubai and Venice were joint third with prices averaging £125.

London was the fifth most expensive of the world’s major destinations – posting a 15% rise in prices year-on-year to £115 per night on average

Jakarta, Moscow and Singapore all saw big price rises between 2006 and 2007. In Jakarta, prices increased by a quarter (25%) and both Moscow and Singapore experienced increases of 22%.

Oslo saw the biggest price rise for the major European cities – an 18% year-on-year increase, closely followed by London and Lisbon with 15%.

The Hotels.com HPI is based on prices for 60,000 hotels across 6,500 locations around the world and on the actual prices paid by customers, rather than simply advertised rates.

Senior vice-president David Roche said: “The new HPI shows that although hotel prices around the world remained static in 2007, Europe and Asia saw their average prices rise, bucking this trend.

“A market with flat or slowly rising prices can be great news for consumers, with more attractive offers available around the world.”

The price of a room for the night in major global cities:

The biggest price rises in 2007 (year-on-year)

                     Top 10 biggest price falls in 2007 (year-on-year)

by Phil Davies

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