LuxuryHotels

The hotel industry has emerged from its recessionary doldrums and it's getting harder to score a cheap room. But even with occupancy rates rising, if you're willing to book your stay blind on priceline.com or Hotwire, good deals can be had.

New York City isn't the only expensive tourism town that has seen prices decimated by the recession. San Francisco, which a little over a year ago could fetch an average hotel rate of $162 per room, has seen prices plunge to an average of $134, or by nearly a fifth.Convention business is drying up...

For years, it was a standing paradox in the travel world. The expensive hotels hit you for every extra thing while the low-cost hotels tend to throw everything in for free. Web access was the canary in the coal mine of a wallet-draining hotel stay. Take your laptop to a Sheraton or a Hilton, and...