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Despite the proliferation of online booking in the past 15 years, one third of travel is still booked through traditional travel agents. What continues to attract customers to traditional agencies, and what do these travelers have in common?
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Mobile Hits the Mainstream: Technology and Industry Trends studies the trends shaping mobile travel worldwide, tracking mobile device adoption in key global markets. The report highlights emerging mobile technologies, identifying strategic opportunities for suppliers, intermediaries and corporate travel organizations. In addition, the research provides a closer view of the U.S. mobile travel market, sizing the U.S. mobile leisure/unmanaged business travel market through 2013.
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Aggregate total gross bookings for the three public U.S online travel agencies (OTAs) - Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline grew in 3Q11. However, macro conditions are becoming convoluted - slowing sales constrained domestic gross bookings, but overseas business remains resilient, particularly in Europe, where economic woes loom large.
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PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Eleventh Edition: Airlines provides an in-depth look at the current state of the U.S. airline market and projects future performance, with market sizing and forecasting through 2013. The report reviews online travel trends, innovations and data crucial to understanding the dynamics of the air segment. Topics include online agencies versus air supplier websites, ancillary services and the future of flight search.
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PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Eleventh Edition: Hotels & Lodging provides an in-depth look at the current state of the U.S. hotel market and projects future performance, with market sizing and forecasting through 2013. The report reviews online travel trends, innovations and data crucial to understanding the dynamics of the hotel segment. Topics include online agencies versus hotel supplier websites, revenue management, the future of hotel search, mobile technology and more.
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PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Eleventh Edition: Online Travel Agencies provides an in-depth look at the current state of the U.S. online travel agency (OTA) market and projects future performance, with market sizing and forecasting through 2013. The report reviews online travel trends, innovations and data crucial to understanding the dynamics of the OTA channel. Topics include market share among the major players, online agencies versus supplier websites, international trends and more.
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PhoCusWright has followed the evolution of online travel purchasing from its inception. PhoCusWright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Eleventh Edition is the industry standard for sizing and forecasting, providing deep, actionable insights into the U.S. travel market.
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Examines industry growth, segment strength, and distribution patterns and analyzes challenges facing the tour operator industry.
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OTA growth in the U.S. is slowing as the travel market recovers in 2011, and suppliers are gradually regaining leverage over distribution. Delve into the new landscape of travel with PhoCusWright's Online Travel Agencies 1Q11 publication.
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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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