Top 10 hotel price reductions for July 2010 (hotwire) — Photo by Hotwire.com

Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced the results of the July 2010 Hotwire® Hotel Rate Report. This monthly report features the top 10 cities in North America where hotel rates have dropped the most. When combined with Hotwire's already discounted prices, the Hotel Rate Report helps guide customers to the destinations that will maximize their travel dollars. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Princeton, New Jersey and Omaha, Nebraska make their debut on the list in the top three spots with eleven, nine and seven percent drops, respectively.

Many of the new cities on this month's list, like Tulsa and Princeton, are facing a decline in business and group travel as compared to last year. In addition, new, aggressively priced properties have come on board in these areas causing even more competition in an already competitive environment. As a result, hoteliers are dropping rates to lure back business and leisure customers alike.

Travelers who've never made it to our top cities this month may not know that both Tulsa and Princeton offer travelers much more than great hotel deals. Tulsa is considered the cultural and arts center of Oklahoma and houses two world-renowned art museums, full-time professional opera and ballet companies, plus one of the nation's largest concentrations of art deco architecture. And our runner-up, Princeton is not only home to one of our nation's top universities, but it is also one of our country's most picturesque towns. Not to mention that it's also equidistant between New York and Philadelphia, so it makes it a good jumping off point for visitors to these areas.

"Although hotels in some larger, more popular markets have begun to stabilize as compared to last year, there are still plenty of great getaway destinations where hotel prices continue to fall," said Clem Bason, President of the Hotwire Group. "With a little flexibility, travelers can discover a new city and still have the vacation experience their looking for without having to pay top dollar."

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About the Hotwire Hotel Rate Report | The Hotwire Hotel Rate Report will run results during the first week of each month. Results are calculated by looking at Hotwire stay dates for select regions in the current month, and comparing prices in the current month against Hotwire prices in the same month in the prior year. Prices are compared within the same star rating categories for consistency, and the percent change in price for each region is generated as an overall average of the changes in those categories. The prices in the chart above are examples for a particular star rating category within that market, and actual prices may be higher or lower than the example that is provided.

About Hotwire | Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognized Hotwire for ranking "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web Sites, Three Years in a Row." Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. CST# 2053390-40. NST: 20003-0209. For more information, visit .

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