The top 10 most expensive cities in the United States of visit

 If you vacation in New York or Honolulu in 2010, chances are you got a pretty good deal on a hotel room. Rooms rates in cities in North America decreased for the second consecutive year in 2010. The bad news for the tourists (or good news for the industry): lower prices slowed considerably year last of the free fall of 2009, and they are swinging back up in many of the points this year.

Hotel prices in most more expensive cities the America of the North - New York, Honolulu, Boston and Chicago, among others - decreased by 2% on average in 2010, according to latest Hotels.com hotel price index. A year has, but 10 great progress in 2009. New York, which had to absorb the additional capacity of approximately 4,000 new rooms in 2009 while dealing with the recession, saw its average room rate dropped more than 20%, to $199. Great price Apple hardened again in 2010, but only 2.4%, to $194 at night, making it the most expensive city to spend a night in the United States.

Price takes end 2010 approximately 2004 levels, says Hotels.com Vice-President Victor Owens, the net result of a collapse of two years, cancellation of four years of growth that preceded it. "There is still value (for consumers) on the market, but we seem to be slowly climbing out of the ditch, says Owens." Price outside. California tells the story: two spots pricey, Monterey and Santa Barbara, replaced in San Diego and San Francisco in the top 10. "The first wave of pleasure that is the rich," says Owens.

Others making the top 10 for 2010: Washington, D.C., ($ 140 per night, down a few dollars, 2009) and Miami ($ 139.58, virtually unchanged). Both are perennial placeholders on the list - Washington with its trove of landmarks and controllable points at distance of many centres of population, Miami with its status as an international hub which attracts travellers coming to the South of the border.

A look at 2011 kick shows a thrust at the beginning of demand and prices. Expedia.com, average prices in January, February and early March were last year, over 20% or Honolulu, Boston, Miami and Washington, D.C. more

And what could be the story of the year in the hospitality industry: the recovery of New Orleans about five years after Hurricane Katrina. Price of the hotel in the Big Easy is passed to an average of $132.27 in 2010, $118 in 2009, according to data from Hotels.com. And Expedia figures indicate that they have turned place still further in 2011 at the beginning, about $150 per night.

Leisure and conventions make their way to New Orleans. The Saints last year's Super Bowl victory is not bad. What better advertising for your city as thousands of partying in the French quarter in front of millions on national television? City officials took the ball and the project it a powerful promotional message, according to Owens. "It is a history of good growth." they just do a very good job of be out there and promote themselves, "says.