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Vacation rentals now account for more than one fifth of the U.S. lodging industry, based on room revenue. Rapid advancement is altering the competitive landscape, enabling property management companies to run their rental operations with greater savvy and sophistication, empowering individual homeowners to market and rent their vacation homes directly, and improving the shopping and booking experience. This report represents a comprehensive study of the U.S. vacation rental marketplace, including sizing, key segmentation, challenges, opportunities and trends.
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It was a mixed year for the three publicly traded U.S.-based global online travel agencies (OTAs) – Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline. As growth in the domestic market continued to slow, softer but still buoyant growth overseas mitigated some of the slowdown at home.
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The Middle East travel market, while still in early days, is growing fast – especially online, where the region's young, tech-savvy consumers gather to socialize, politicize and yes, plan trips. PhoCusWright's Middle East Online Travel Overview – the first in-depth analysis of this emerging market – provides sizing, trending and forecasts for the region as a whole and for four major markets in particular: the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In addition, the report offers detailed examination by segment and channel and delves into the complex technology trends shaping the market.
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Japan ceded its leadership of the Asia Pacific travel market to China in 2012, and it will remain the regional runner-up for the foreseeable future. But as the country makes slow, steady progress toward recovery from its losses during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the unique characteristics of its travel market - partly mature, partly developing - will continue to attract attention from global online travel agencies and hoteliers.
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PhoCusWright's Spanish Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition provides data, analysis and insight into the Spanish travel industry, and projects future performance through 2014. The report covers Spanish travel market dynamics, and contains detailed information on key segments, including air, hotel, car rental, rail and online travel agencies
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PhoCusWright's Italian Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition provides data, analysis and insight into the Italian travel industry, and projects future performance through 2014. The report covers Italian travel market dynamics, and contains detailed information on key segments, including air, hotel, car rental, rail, tour operators and online travel agencies
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PhoCusWright's German Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition provides data, analysis and insight into the German travel industry, and projects future performance through 2014. The report covers German travel market dynamics, and contains detailed information on key segments, including air, hotel, car rental, rail, tour operators and online travel agencies.
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In 2011, Europe's total and online markets continued their recovery from the recession and enjoyed healthy overall growth. Despite this success, however, slowed growth is expected in the next several years as the debt crisis nips at the economy's heels. PhoCusWright's European Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition provides comprehensive analysis, sizing and forecasts of the region's total and online leisure and unmanaged business travel markets, breaking them down by segment and channel and giving special attention to the six major markets: France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain and the U.K.
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As once-youthful online travel agency brands become well-known household names, OTAs' share of the total travel market remains steady and growth settles into a modest pace. OTAs' focus on selling hotel rooms - now more profitable than flights - will continue to intensify, especially as consumers demand mobile apps to accommodate their increasing affinity for booking last-minute stays.
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The Benelux region – comprising Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – is frequently viewed as a homogenous geographical area rather than separate countries with unique travel-specific characteristics and trends. This Spotlight examines the online and total travel markets in this small but dynamic region, identifying key similarities and important differences between the individual country markets it includes.
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