Rates range from $77 to $175 per room, depending on the season.

The average price per room was $178,800, also a record.

And even then, revenues per available room would be at 1995 levels, it said.

The apartments had an average of five people per room, sometimes up to eight.

So did their average revenue per available room, off 10.4 percent.

Only one ticket per room is given, and it must be used during the stay.

"And this year that loss will reach a little more than $1,000 per room."

The average price per room in 1995 was $80,100, down from $90,115 the year before, the survey said.

The cost per room, including the new services, will be $81.50 a day.

For example, in the first quarter of 2003, the average cost per room paid by Hotels.com was around $84, including taxes.