Think before you plan for any hotel stays, as the new sales figures the Australian lodge space charges have raised by 9%.

The reported information accounted that the first region to follow the increased interest rate track was Brisbane, as the regions hotel market was commenced with 27% augmentation.

Followed by the above hotel sales figures, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney also recorded superior growth figures, ranging from 11% to 17%.

Besides all these increased rates, the reported information further asserted that the Asia Pacific's hotel lodging charges dropped by 6%. In addition, a 2% plunge was also noticed in the North American, Latin America and Europe hotel sales figures.

Speaking about the changed figures, President of Hotels. Com, David Roche commented that in spite of a few outstanding price arrangements, the image has been certainly proved as one of steady recovery with numerous room charges are still on equivalence with their past rates.

Giving his viewpoints about these statistics, Managing Director from Asia Pacific for Hotels. com, Johan Svanstrom said, "In the first half of this year, Melbourne had the fourth largest increase in hotel prices in the world while Sydney had the sixth largest".