Would you pay £80 a night for a 3-star hotel in Birmingham?
Moscow has emerged as the most expensive hotel city in the world, while rates in Birmingham are the highest in the UK.
Analysis of overnight prices in three-star hotels in key world cities by online booking service hotel.info shows that the average overnight stay in Moscow costs £125 and is often more expensive than the average rate in other world metropolises.
Only New York comes close to Moscow with an average rate of £122. In Tokyo and Sydney a similar night in a single room costs around £70.
Compared with the Russian capital this represents a price difference of almost 80%.
A comparison of British cities with more than 220,000 inhabitants saw Birmingham come out as the most expensive, although still £45 cheaper than Moscow.
England’s second largest city with £80 compares unfavourably with Edinburgh (£76), Leicester (£75), Liverpool (£73), Kingston upon Hull and Leeds (£70 each).
London comes a close second at £79 while a night in Glasgow costs on average £61 in a three-star hotel – almost £15 less than in the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
Moscow is expensive but Warsaw (at £66 per night) confirms the general belief that hotels in Eastern Europe are comparatively cheap, according to the research.
Scandinavia has earned its reputation for high prices as Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki are amongst the ten most expensive cities in the world. Zurich in Switzerland is also amongst the top ten.
In Paris, Rome and Madrid a bed costs an average of £73 a night in a three-star hotel.
hotel.info Top 25 globally:
1. Moscow: £125
2. New York: £122
3. Chicago: £99
4. Copenhagen: £94
5. Oslo: £91
6. Stockholm: £89
7. Helsinki: £84
8. Zurich: £80
9. Paris: £79
10. London: £79
11. Rome: £77
12. Barcelona: £76
13. Miami: £73
14. Sydney: £70
15. Milan: £68
16. Tokyo: £68
17. Warsaw: £66
18. St. Petersburg: £66
19. Madrid: £64
20. Los Angeles: £62
21. Dubai: £61
22. Toronto: £60
23. Yokohama: £59
24. Vienna: £57
25. Singapore: £57
hotel.info Top 15 in Great Britain:
1. Birmingham: £80
2. London: £79
3. Edinburgh: £76
4. Leicester: £74
5. Liverpool: £73
6. Kingston upon Hull: £70
7. Leeds: £70
8. Southampton: £70
9. Sheffield: £68
10. Manchester: £67
11. Bristol: £63
12. Glasgow: £61
13. Coventry: £61
14. Wolverhampton: £60
15. Plymouth: £60
by:Phil Davies
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