UK hotels ‘most expensive in Europe’

Source/Contact: Travel Mole, 12/03/2008

The UK became the most expensive country in Europe for hotel stays last year as prices rose by 12% to an average of ₤106 a night over 2006.  Britain was also the only country in Europe to top ₤100 for a one night hotel stay, according to the annual Hotel Price Index report by online company Hotels.com.  The steepest rise in the UK’s major cities was seen in Aberdeen, where prices paid rose by more than a third (34%) to ₤109 per room per night, making it the fourth most expensive city in the UK in 2007.  The report also sees the trend reflected in prices in Inverness (up 21%) to ₤98.  Meanwhile, Coventry became the cheapest city in the UK in 2007, at an average of just ₤57 per night – a fall of 16% on 2006.