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根据年度酒店价格指数(Hotel Price Index)，俄罗斯人是伦敦酒店最大的消费者，每晚平均花销为127英镑。英国人为100英镑，而爱尔兰游客为94英镑。德国游客在这方面相对节俭，他们在伦敦每晚住宿的平均消费为77英镑。

2006年第四季度，伦敦酒店每晚平均价格为107英镑，较上年同期上涨22%，莫斯科以172英镑拔得头筹，紧随其后的是纽约（155英镑）和迪拜（124英镑）。

然而，Expedia的子公司Hotels.com称，伦敦酒店平均消费比巴斯温泉(Bath)低7英镑，在那里，只能住豪华酒店。Hotels.com根据全球2万家酒店的价格编制了酒店价格指数。However, London hotels were 7 ponds cheaper on average thanBath, where only have the luxury hotels available according to hotel.com a  subsidiary of Expedia, which bases hotel price index on prices at 20000 hotels worldwide  

其它所有英国城市的每晚酒店价格，都低于98英镑的英国平均水平，但阿伯丁、黑泽、曼彻斯特、格拉斯哥和考文垂的酒店推高了2006年冬季酒店价格，使其较2005年同期出现了两位数的涨幅。All other price fall below the UK average of 98 pounds, but hotels in Aberdeen, Blackpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Coventry all pushed 2006 winter price up by double digits percentages compares to the 2005 season.

全球酒店价格较上年同期上涨15%，这反映出在酒店客房供应不足的情况下，市场需求正不断扩大。酒店集团不断上涨的股价及其不断扩大的开发计划，也反映出了这种趋势。Globally, Hotel price rose 15% year on year, reflecting the increasing demand for hotel rooms against a backdrop of undersupply. The trend is also represented the rising share price of hotel groups and their lengthening development pipelines.

Hotels.com的帕特里克•奥基维斯特(Patrik Oqvist)表示，冬季酒店价格上涨的另外一个原因，是“淡季城市旅游”的增多。美元贬值也吸引了欧洲旅游者购买更为便宜的商品。Patirik Oqvist ofHotel.com said one of other factors over the winter is rise of “off-peak season city-hopping”, The weak US dollar’s also lured European tourists cheaper shopping.

酒店价格涨幅明显的地区包括坎昆、布宜诺斯艾利斯和开罗，它们的价格都较上年同期上涨了28%。坎昆是吸引美欧游客的一个冬季度假胜地，现已成为全球第四大费用高昂的城市。Big price increases were noticeable in Cancun, Buenos Aires and Cairo , all rising 28 percent year on year. Cancun , appealing as a winter holiday destination both Americans and Europeans, is the 4^th most expensive cost global city

奥基维斯特补充称，排名居前和靠后酒店的价格差距，足以使游客根据酒店价格、而非航班价格和班次来选择度假目的地。Mr. Oqvist added that difference between the top and the bottom of the league was now wide enough justify travelers choosing the vacation destinations on the grounds of hotel prices rather than cost and availability of flights.

全球主要地区的酒店价格均出现强劲上涨。欧洲较上年同期上涨17%，亚洲为12%，美国为11%。但欧洲价格仍远远低于美国和亚洲的价格，欧洲酒店冬季平均价格为82英镑，而美国和亚洲则分别为110英镑和89英镑。All main regions experienced strong price growth. Europe rose 17 percent year on year as a top, followed by Asia 12 percent and US 11percent. But Europe remains considerably cheaper than the US and the Asia, the average winter price is 82 pounds in winter, compare with 110 pounds for US and 89 pounds for Asia.