Hotel rate parity trends for December 2012 to February 2013 of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in EMEA.

The report shows the percentage of hotels with cheaper rates on their own brand site compared to their rates on other OTAs.

City

% Of Hotels in Parity

% Of Hotels Cheaper on Brand Sites

% Of Hotels Cheaper on OTA Sites

AMSTERDAM

1.26%

6.34%

92.40%

BARCELONA

2.39%

11.30%

86.32%

DUBLIN

36.67%

7.82%

55.52%

EDINBURGH

47.20%

16.74%

36.06%

HELSINKI

57.19%

10.53%

32.28%

LONDON

43.38%

12.71%

43.91%

MADRID

18.55%

3.00%

78.45%

PARIS

21.25%

18.16%

60.58%

PRAGUE

9.62%

8.65%

81.73%

ROME

1.47%

19.94%

78.59%

VENICE

16.35%

31.34%

52.32%

ZURICH

22.16%

19.52%

58.32%

NB: RateGain specializes in competitive price intelligence and rate shopping solutions for hotels, online travel companies and airlines. It currently tracks more than one billion hotel rates every month across countries in US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

NB2: The above data is indicative in nature and RateGain can’t be held liable for its accuracy or usefulness for any purpose.