According to Hitwise’s latest travel report, 38.71% of all visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of August, 2008. 47.51% went to the top 20 websites and 68.09% went to the top 100 websites.
The average visit duration for visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry was 9 minutes, [...]

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The number of travelers booking online is down. What’s up?
This year US travel sales booked online will reach $105 billion, up 12% from 2007.

eMarketer forecasts that US online leisure and unmanaged business travel sales (including airline, hotel, rental car, vacation package, intercity rail and cruise) will reach $105 billion. Furthermore, from 2007 to 2012, sales [...]

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According to Hitwise’s latest travel report, 36.97% of all visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of July, 2008. 46.04% went to the top 20 websites and 67.08% went to the top 100 websites.
The average visit duration for visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry was 9 minutes, [...]

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Ryanair Aug. 11 began implementing a policy under which thousands of customers could end up at the airport expecting to take flights for which their tickets are no longer valid.
Under a new policy announced last week, as of Aug. 11 Ryanair is rejecting the tickets of thousands of customers who bought them from screen-scraper fare-comparison [...]

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More than four out of 10 US nonbusiness travelers surveyed expect to reduce the number of trips they will take in the coming year as a result of the economy, according to a June 2008 Destination Analysts’ “The State of the American Traveler” survey.
Nearly three out of 10 said they would spend less for their [...]

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In Travelocity’s annual Forecast Poll (Jan ‘08) travelers responded to questions about how higher costs would impact their vacation plans for the coming year. But, with record-high gas prices, higher airfare, and a slew of unexpected airline fees, Travelocity took a second look. By comparing current travel data to the forecast poll they can show [...]

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According to Hitwise’s latest travel report, 37.21% of all visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of June, 2008. 46.43% went to the top 20 websites and 67.84% went to the top 100 websites.
The average visit duration for visits to the online ‘Travel’ industry was 10 minutes, [...]

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Web 2.0 was all about creativity, information sharing and consumers collaborating around content. Web 3.0 is all about personalization of the online experience and getting beyond the PC. EyeForTravel explains an impact of Web 3.0 technology on travel and tourism industry and what role in the industry will be playing “Travel 3.0 intelligent agents”.
“Travel 3.0 [...]

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Sabre Travel Network and PhoCusWright announced the availability of new research discussing strategies and tactics to optimize travel procurement. The findings of the study are presented in a whitepaper, Best Practices in Travel Business Intelligence, which is based on two years of interviews with business travel managers and buyers, as well as detailed reviews of [...]

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