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Punta Cana Beats London for Most Expensive Hotels for U.S. Travelers in 2014

Dan Peltier

Photo Credit: Travelers on a snorkeling excursion in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the destination with the highest average nightly room rate for U.S. travelers last year.  Flickr / Camera Eye Photography

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Some Latin American destinations had the highest room rates in the world last year, although the growth of rates slowed for the regional as a whole despite the presence of the World Cup in Brazil.

The average daily rates for hotel rooms in North America for U.S. travelers grew more than any other region year-over-year in 2014 thanks to the strengthening U.S. dollar and improving U.S. economy, Hotels.com found in its yearly room rates report. Average daily rates in North America increased 5% last year compared to 2013, two percentage points higher than the overall global percentage growth year-over-year (3%), as Americans paid $137 per night last year while traveling domestically. Caribbean hotels' average daily rates had the second highest growth rate (4%) year-over-year in 2014 although Hotels.com points out this growth is smalle

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