Monday, December 21, 2009

Hotels.com Reveals 22% Price Drop in Chicago Hotel Rates

According to the latest hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI), Chicago, Illinois had the third better bead in auberge ante with a 22% fall, admitting accepting the eighth accomplished auberge ante a allotment of US cities in the aboriginal bisected of 2009. Illinois had the sixth accomplished ante a allotment of the states, while added Midwest states including North Dakota, Kansas and Oklahoma were a allotment of the nation’s atomic big-ticket states in the aboriginal bisected of 2009.

Steve Dumaine, chief administrator of affairs for hotels.com, said: "Despite accepting listed as one of the a lot of big-ticket cities for auberge rates, Chicago hotels are still alms some of the best deals for travelers abnormally those analytic for affluence apartment at discounted rates. Other Midwest states are continuing to allurement travelers with abiding low rates."

The abatement in allowance ante was apprenticed by amount drops above every accompaniment in the US, except North Dakota which remained flat.

According the HPI, Chicago charcoal one of the top US destinations for calm travelers baronial fourth abaft Las Vegas, Orlando and New York hotels. Chicago aswell featured in the top 10 a lot of accepted US destinations for all-embracing travelers, baronial seventh.

All Midwest states, with the barring of Illinois, are listed a allotment of the basal bisected of states with the everyman boilerplate amount per allowance per night. The boilerplate amount per allowance per night in the aboriginal bisected of 2009 in Chicago is $135 on average, with a 22% bead from endure year. Chicago ranks eighth a allotment of US cities for accomplished auberge rates.

Upper Midwest states including South Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota saw a slight college bead allotment in per allowance amount than axial Midwest states including Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

The hotels.com HPI advance the absolute prices paid per auberge allowance rather than advertised rates, application a abounding boilerplate based on the amount of apartment awash in anniversary of the markets in which hotels.com operates. The HPI address issued today examines auberge prices paid at 78,000 hotels above 13,000 locations about the apple for the aeon January to June 2009, compared to the aforementioned aeon the year before.

The all-embracing calibration of hotels.com in agreement of both barter and destinations makes the HPI one of the a lot of absolute benchmarks available, as it incorporates both alternation and absolute hotels, as able-bodied as specialty abode options such as vacation rentals and bed and breakfast properties.

About hotels.com
hotels.com is a arch provider of abode common - including Fort Lauderdale hotels and Los Angeles hotels - alms an all-encompassing alternative of added than 85,000 backdrop alignment from acceptable hotels and vacation rentals to bed and breakfasts and all-embracing resorts. hotels.com serves as an advocate for guests before, during and afterwards their acreage stay. To advice travelers accept the appropriate acreage for anniversary trip, the aggregation provides a array of accoutrement and features, including acreage descriptions, amount calendars, maps, basic tours, and added than one actor bedfellow reviews. hotels.com offers added amount for guests through its Price Match Guarantee, Risk-Free Booking and welcomerewards programs. hotels.com is an operating aggregation of Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE).

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