Monday, September 24, 2012

North American Hotel Prices Up Five Percent from 2011, According to the Latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI)




DALLAS, TX  /PRNewswire/ — The latest edition of Hotels.com® Hotel Price Index™ (HPI®) indicates that North America saw the second fastest rise in average hotel prices in the first half of 2012, with a growth of 5 percent, putting the Index at 109.

The good news for travelers is that prices stayed 10 Index points behind their peak in 2007 and were still cheaper than in 2006.

The HPI tracks real prices paid per room by Hotels.com customers at approximately 140,000 properties within the Hotels.com network in major destinations around the world. T

his edition of the report, which compares the first six months of 2012 with the same period in 2011, shows an upward trend in hotel prices across all global regions, resulting in an average global increase of 4 percent. This is the first time in five years that Hotels.com has seen an increase across the globe.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Chris Daly
President
Daly Gray, Inc.
Ph: 703-435-6293
Cell: 703-864-5553

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