Hotwire.com®, a leading discount travel site, today announced the results of the December 2009 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. For the third month in a row, Houston tops the list with a year-over-year price drop of 19 percent. As in previous months, this is largely being driven by the high 2008 hotel rates in Houston due to displacements caused by Hurricane Ike.
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