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Benefiting from fast growth and a populous middle class with an ever-rising disposable income, the Indian travel market, both total and online, will enjoy double-digit gains through 2013. However, slowing growth, rising oil prices and a troubled airline market could soften overall travel and online travel sentiment in the coming years.
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Heads up, travel companies: 2012's host of technology trends – including new developments in social e-commerce, business intelligence and content fragmentation – will have huge effects on the future of travel distribution.
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Delivering relevant content may be the most important thing a supplier can do to convert lookers into bookers – and relevance requires massive amounts of data. This article provides the nitty-gritty on three statistical methods that correlate travel variables, and examines how they work.
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Despite the economic difficulties of 4Q11 – rising fuel prices and airfares, a stronger U.S. dollar, and ongoing financial drama in Europe – online travel agencies delivered mostly strong performances, with solid growth in international markets. The outlook for 2012 is exciting but uneven, with OTAs fighting hard for U.S. share and making gains in Europe.
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A devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan in March 2011, shaking the country's economy and major industries, including travel. Still, Japan boasts the largest online travel market in Asia Pacific, and accounts for nearly half of the region's online traffic bookings. This report analyzes Web traffic in Japan - including volume, cross-visitation, and source/loss patterns - across major travel subcategories, revealing key traffic trends and sector-specific dynamics.
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Asia Pacific Online Travel Traffic Jam! presents an overview of Web traffic and online travel shopping trends in three distinct markets - Australia, China and India.
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While online travel agencies as a whole did remarkably well in 2Q11, individual performance varied widely. Expedia led the pack for 1H11, while Priceline experienced the most growth.
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With the world's largest Internet population and the second-largest travel industry in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, China's online travel bookings will climb to nearly US$8 billion by 2012. This report analyzes Web traffic in China - including volume, cross-visitation, and source/loss patterns - across major travel subcategories, revealing key traffic trends and sector-specific dynamics.
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With a mature Internet population and the highest online travel penetration rate in Asia Pacific, Australia is home to a highly developed and thriving online travel marketplace. Travel websites represent one of the most visited Internet categories in the country. PhoCusWright has partnered with global digital intelligence provider comScore to measure and analyze Australian Web traffic within the travel category.
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While online travel agency growth is slipping in more mature markets, it is gaining strength in emerging markets. Local OTAs are taking the lead in the latter – but don't count global OTAs out yet, as they are investing heavily in these markets in efforts to catch up.
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