27,000 travellers from around the world vote New York as best city for nightlife.

Suffering insomnia or just fancy a big night out: New York is the city to visit for matchless nightlife, according to a recent survey by the hotels expert Hotels.com®. The survey, which questioned 27,000 travellers from around the world, shows that the Big Apple is the world's best city when it comes to nighttime entertainment. Gamblers' paradise Las Vegas is the globetrotters' second favourite choice while London comes in at number three.

The survey also reveals that, although the gold and silver medals go to the US, six out of the Top Ten cities are in Europe. As well as London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Amsterdam and Madrid all make it into the world's favourite list while Los Angeles and Bangkok, as the only Asian city, complete the Top Ten.

"New York and Las Vegas always provide an amazing travel adventure. But it is the variety amongst the European cities that makes them so interesting and exciting for travellers from all around the globe," said Alison Couper of Hotels.com. "There are many different experiences to be gained on the continent, whether it's a night out in the infamous clubs of Berlin, Amsterdam with its floating restaurants and coffee shop culture or Paris with its small, intimate bars and music venues."

Interestingly, Hong Kong travellers actually ranked their own city as the world's best for nightlife entertainment with New York only managing to get the fifth spot on the list, behind Bangkok, Las Vegas and Paris.  However, Shanghai topped Hong Kong travellers' list when they were asked about their best city in China for nightlife entertainment. Hong Kong came in at the second place, followed by Shenzhen, Beijing and Dongguan. 

The world's Top Ten for a big night out