
The room prices at Kempinsky Grand Hotel Gelendzhik, in the Black Sea resort city of the same name, were up four percent on the hotel's website for the period covering the tournament. "This information does not correspond to reality," the general manager of the Hampton by Hilton Volgograd Profsoyuznaya, Ineza Malikova, told Reuters. The agency found that the price for a standard room on the website of the Hampton by Hilton Volgograd Profsoyuznaya was up nine percent. we have not received that kind of money." Some of the establishments on the list include members of large hotel chains, including Hampton by Hilton and Kempinski. The management is sorting it out," Svetlana Ovchinnikova, the administrator of the Agora hotel, told Reuters.


But during the World Cup, prices on online travel agent have been listed as 129,200 roubles ($2,287.17) - a more than 5,000 percent increase on regular prices. The Agora hotel in Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave that will host four group stage matches, including England's match against Belgium on June 28, should normally charge no more than 2,400 roubles ($42.49) per night, the agency said. Russia will host the World Cup from June 14 to July 15 in 12 venues spread across 11 cities including Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi, and is expecting a large influx of visitors. It said prices at 41 hotels in six regions where World Cup matches will be played in June and July have in many cases significantly increased on their websites or through online travel booking for the period covering the tournament. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Agency for Tourism on Tuesday published a list of hotels that have increased their room prices by as much as 5,000 percent for this year's soccer World Cup.
