The hotel.info Value for Money Index: London has not achieved Top Ranking either nationally or internationally
London, 22. February 2011 – in which city do hotel guests receive the most, and in which the least, value for their money? During the first quarter of 2011 hotel.info, the free online hotel reservation service with more than 210,000 hotels worldwide, analysed the evaluations of its customers in respect of value for money.*
For the first time hotel.info expanded its analysis of value for money to 2 to 5 star hotels in the United Kingdom. This means that frequently booked business hotels in the budget category are now included in the following analysis as well as hotels in the mid and upper range (3 to 5 stars) as previously. Additionally the 5 star segment is once again representing the luxury end of the market.
United Kingdom:
Belfast clearly in the lead; Edinburgh and Cardiff in the Top 15, in front of London
Worldwide:
Tallinn, the Cultural Capital of 2011 is in fourth place; Moscow just missed a place in the Top 20
hotel.info - Top 15 cities in the United Kingdom
Position
Current value for money rating
1.
Belfast
7.98
2.
Manchester
7.05
3.
Bristol
6.98
4.
Southampton
6.93
5.
Glasgow
6.84
6.
Edinburgh
6.75
7.
Stansted Mountfitchet
6.74
8.
Liverpool
6.73
9.
Birmingham
6.55
10.
Nottingham
6.53
11.
Bickenhill
6.38
12.
Luton
6.28
13.
Oxford
6.23
14.
Newcastle upon Tyne
6.23
15.
Cardiff
6.21
The hotels in Belfast gained an evaluation of 7.98 from their guests and were by far and away the best for value for money in the United Kingdom. The capital city and seat of the government of Northern Ireland was in first place well ahead of Manchester with 7.05 points. The port of Bristol was in third place with 6.98 points. Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland scored 6.75 points and was in the middle of the table.
Newcastle, the birthplace of the musician and actor Sting came at the bottom of the national Top 15 along with Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Hotel guests in London were less satisfied with the value for money offered. The metropolis only scored 6.14 points and therefore just missed inclusion in the Top 15 of hotel.info.
hotel.info - Top 20 cities worldwide
Position
Current value for money rating
1.
Hanoi
7.85
2.
Vilnius
7.76
3.
Warsaw
7.71
4.
Tallinn
7.68
5.
Prague
7.65
6.
Budapest
7.63
7.
Riga
7.53
8.
Bangkok
7.49
9.
Berlin
7.45
10.
Lisbon
7.41
11.
Bucharest
7.33
12.
Kuala Lumpur
7.27
13.
Vienna
7.25
14.
Bratislava
7.22
15.
Madrid
7.17
16.
Tokyo
7.06
17.
Beijing
7.03
18.
Luxembourg
6.94
19.
Dublin
6.89
20.
Mexico City
6.83
The 2 to 5 star hotels in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi gained the first place globally with a score of 7.85 points. However in the top half of the table cities in Eastern Europe are well represented. Tallinn in Estonia, the Cultural Capital of 2011, was placed a good fourth with 7.68 points. London could also not keep up in the international comparison. Just like the eternal city of Rome and Moscow these vast cities are not included in the Top 20.
* Guests who have stayed in a hotel evaluate the hotel after their departure on the basis of a points' system (0 to 10). Apart from criteria such as the quality of the room and friendliness of the staff they can also evaluate the value for money received. hotel.info currently has more than a million hotel evaluations.
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