Travelling in the Heat - Is Your Hotel Room Air Conditioned?

Madrid: "Coolest Hotel Metropolis in Europe"

NUREMBERG, Germany, July 22, 2010 - Whether in trains, busses or cars - many travellers are having
a tough time with the hot summer temperatures. Travelling in this unbearable
heat can be a real problem.

So arriving at a hotel with an air conditioned room can be
something to really look forward to. But in Europe you shouldn't get your
hopes up too soon that you will find your own personal air conditioner in
your room. A new study by www.hotel.info, the leading online hotel
reservation service for more than 210,000 hotels worldwide, shows there is a
major discrepancy in the "air conditioner density" of hotels in the major
European cities investigated. Many hotels still offer their guests a "warm
welcome"; only this time the hotel room is where it's especially warm.

Most air conditioned hotels in Madrid

Of the major European cities investigated in the study, the
Spanish capital Madrid is the destination where the most hotel operators
offer their guests comfortable hotel room temperatures (72.7%). Nearly three
quarters of rooms are available with air conditioning in Madrid. Athens
(69.1%), Budapest (66.7%) and Rome (66.6%) follow. Paris (38.6%) and Prague
(37.9%) had an above average "air conditioner density" for their hotel rooms.
Moscow, Warsaw and London had comparatively poor results, pampering only
around every fourth guest with a comfortable room temperature. And Stockholm
came in dead last with only 13.3% of rooms being air conditioned. Most hotel
guests have to sweat it out during heat waves, which, admittedly, are not
that common in Sweden.

Click here for a global search of hotels with air conditioning:

www.hotel.info/hotels-with-air-condition

The top 10 major European cities according to "air conditioner
density" in the respective city's hotels:

           City              Hotels with air conditioning in %

    1.     Madrid                                         72.7
    2.     Athens                                         69.1
    3.     Budapest                                       66.7
    4.     Rome                                           66.6
    5.     Paris                                          38.6
    6.     Prague                                         37.9
    7.     London                                         26.3
    8.     Warsaw                                         23.2
    9.     Moscow                                         23.0
    10.    Stockholm                                      13.3

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