November 2013. Availability of internet in hotel rooms is essential for many business travellers and holidaymakers, with the subject of free Wi-Fi hotly debated. Hotel comparison website www.trivago.co.uk has ranked the 35 most important countries on trivago according to the percentage of hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. The data is based on over 700,000 hotels listed on trivago and includes internet provided by Wi-Fi or via Ethernet cable.
 

Table online in PDF format: http://imgec.trivago.com/contentimages/press/texts/UK_InternetRanking.pdf

Unsurprisingly, the United States ranked highest with 89.09 per cent of hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. This is almost 7 per cent higher than the second contender, New Zealand, at 82.28 per cent. The UK ranked in tenth position, with 74.21 per cent of hotels providing internet in their guest rooms. Above the UK were the Balkan countries of Slovenia (75.53%) and Serbia (75.46%) and nearby Holland (77.52%) and France (74.28%), amongst others.

Ranked surprisingly low was Germany, with just 50.76 per cent of its hotels offering internet in their guest rooms. Also in the bottom few countries were the popular holiday destinations of Greece (49.44%), Spain (46.54%) and Portugal (45.21%).


About trivago
Travellers find the ideal hotel for the best price on www.trivago.co.uk. trivago is the world's largest online hotel search site, comparing  rates from over 700,000 hotels on over 200 booking sites worldwide. trivago integrates over  82 million hotel reviews and 14 million photos in order to make finding the perfect hotel easier for users. Over 45 million visitors per month find their ideal hotel by using trivago's various filters and in turn save an average of 35% per booking. trivago was founded in 2005 in Düsseldorf, Germany and currently operates 40 international country platforms in 24 languages.

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For further information please contact:

Denise Bartlett
Tel: +442030025995
Email: denise.bartlett@trivago.com