Hotels report increase in last-minute bookings, including from families attempting to escape hot homes
Families, including parents with newborn babies, are booking air-conditioned rooms in hotels to escape the UK heatwave, with companies reporting a surge in demand.
Data from the accommodation reservation website Booking.com shows that since 1 June, the share of searches using the “air-conditioning” filter has tripled across Great Britain coinciding with the latest heatwave in northern Europe.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/27/parents-air-conditioned-hotels-keep-babies-safe-heatwave
Author : Sarah Marsh, Consumer affairs correspondent
Publish date : 2026-06-27 06:00:00
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