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Getting The Best Value On Hotels Hotels.com, the world's favourite hotel booking website, has put together some hints and tips on how to get the best value when booking your hotel, so your money can go further when on holiday.

Mamma Mia! Greece Is On The Up According to Hotels.com, the world’s leading online hotel booking site, searches for Greece and the Greek Islands are on the up after the release of the new blockbuster film, Mamma Mia! Searches for the Mediterranean destination on Hotels.com have risen by more than 70%.

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What Women Really Want A selection of the best hotels for girls who want it all

These Hotels Don't Need The Hard Cell If you’ve ever wanted to try something out of the ordinary, then there is nothing quite like doing time in a former prison hotel. With the recent announcement that Alcatraz, San Francisco’s military prison turned tourist hotspot, is going to be renovated into a luxury hotel, Hotels.com has selected the best hotels around the globe that were once home to some of the world’s most dangerous criminals.

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Stag And Hen Parties Cost Us £420 A Year As Over Half Of Brits Head Abroad For A Final Fling Of Freedom Following Wayne Rooney's recent stag trip to the party island of Ibiza where he painted the White Isle red, Hotels.com research has found that over half of us (57%) have travelled oversees to celebrate a stag or hen party.

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Get Your Poker Face Ready If you like a card game or two you'll be pleased to know that the yearly international poker tournaments are here. With the seventh World Poker Tour upon us and the World Series of Poker kicking off last weekend in Las Vegas, Hotels.com has compiled their top ten hotel hotspots where poker fans can get close to the action and see the pros at work.

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Four Weedings And A Financial Funeral: How We Spend £1,700-A-Year Being A Wedding Guest With the summer wedding season upon us, Hotels.com, the world’s favourite hotel website, has found that each of us now spend £1,700 a year each attending our friends’ and relations’ weddings.

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Magical Destinations For The Summer Solstice The summer solstice is fast approaching (June 21) and, as is tradition, thousands of people around the world will gather to celebrate the shortest night of the year. To help you celebrate the start of summer, Hotels.com, the world’s most visited hotel booking site,* has put together a list of some of the most special places to enjoy this magical night.

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Red Army Bags Russian Beds Manchester United’s securing their place in the UEFA Champion’s League final has led to a 350% rise in searches for hotel rooms in Moscow on the night of the final, according to the world’s leading hotels website, Hotels.com.

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Hotels.com Launches Local-language Sites In Six Eastern European Territories Hotels.com, the world’s most visited hotel booking site, has announced its further expansion into the Eastern European market with the launch of six new local language sites in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Croatia.

Sex And The City - Hotel Premiere If you can't wait for the film to come out, then treat yourself to a weekend in New York to live the Sex and the City lifestyle - big-screen style. Hotels.com reveals where filming has taken place in advance of the film premiere in May this year, and gives you the chance to bag a room before they are booked up by others seeking the Sex and the City experience in the Big Apple.

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What £100 Will Buy You Around The World For travellers wanting five star luxury on a three star budget, choosing the right destination is vital. Hotels.com has compiled the ultimate guide to the cities across the world where you can find affordable luxury and where just £100 can buy a night of five-star indulgence.

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UK Tops The European Hotel Price League The UK posted a year-on-year price rise of 12% in 2007 to an average price paid of £106 per night, making it the most expensive country in Europe for hotels, and the only country in Europe to top £100 for a one night hotel stay, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index report.

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Travellers Vote London Cabs The Best In The World London’s taxis have been voted the best in the world, a poll of international travellers has shown. Almost half (44%) of the 3,300 travellers from France, Germany, Spain and the UK surveyed by Hotels.com said that London’s black cabs were the best.

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Clean Getaways: 89% of Brits help themselves to hotel 'take-aways' Each year, light fingered Brits are helping themselves to 94 million bottles of shampoo, 64 million sewing kits and 42 million plastic shower caps from hotel rooms, according to research from Hotels.com, the world’s most visited hotels booking site.

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