Hotel room rates surge
New Zealand hotel prices up and Asian prices fall.
Hotel room rates across the country rose 5% last year.
The latest hotel price index from hotels.com shows Kiwis paid on average $146 a night for a hotel room, up from $139 a night in 2013.
Queenstown was the most expensive, rising 16% or $26 a night to an average room rate of $186, while Dunedin rates were up 11% to $145 from $131 and a night’s hotel accommodation in Auckland rose 6% to $144 a night.
Kiwis got more value from travelling to Asia where hotel room rates dropped on average almost 10% across the continent. Prices in Bali slumped 24% while Bangkok hotel room rates dropped 14%.
New York, the city that never sleeps, lived up to its reputation, with New Zealanders paying $338 on average a night to put their head down for a few hours. It is the most expensive city for New Zealanders to stay in.
Rising hotel room rates came off the back of a 5.4% increase in tourist numbers to New Zealand, which in turn pushed occupancy rates up. This growth is expected to continue for the rest of the year.
Sally Lindsay
Wed, 04 Mar 2015
Wed, 04 Mar 2015
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Hotel room rates surge
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