Glasgow hotels hike room rates for UN climate summit in November

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Hoteliers have begun hiking up room rates, including one of more than 500 per cent  - ahead of the UN climate change conference in Glasgow in November.

Hoteliers have begun hiking up room rates, including one of more than 500 per cent - ahead of the UN climate change conference in Glasgow in November.

The city will host the 26th Conference of the Parties - known as COP26 - for almost two weeks with 200 global prime ministers and presidents are expected to attend.

Approximately 30,000 delegates and media outlets will be looking for accommodation.

But web sites reveal some room rates for hotels and apartment complexes have rocketed during the summit.

A booking.com search for the Dakota Glasgow shows a two-week cost of £8,401 for a classic double room with double bed - a nightly rate of £600.

Hotels closer to the SEC campus conference venue say raising prices makes business sense.

Radisson Blu hotel, less than a mile from the conference venue, shows room availability at a rate of £624 between 8 and 22 November.

A week before the conference begins the room rate is £150.

"It is like this in any industry" - spokeswoman for Radisson Hotel Group