The average hotel rate in the top 50 market will be $102.44 next year, he said.

Hotel rates are often lower during the rest of the year.

Hotel rates have been going up in the early months of this year.

This is in addition to the 10 percent service charge added to most hotel rates.

Hotel rates rise by about 20 percent during the 10-day Carnival.

The hotel rate, $85 a person, includes breakfast and dinner.

It will add an estimated 53 cents to the average daily hotel rate.

But it was far from the center of the city, where hotel rates soar.

The hotel rates given here are for the least expensive rooms, which often do not have an ocean view.

Corporate hotel rates in the 25 top business cities will climb 7 to 8 percent, the study said.