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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 partnered with global digital intelligence provider comScore to measure and analyze web traffic within the travel category in China, including unique visitors, cross-visitation and source/loss patterns. This analysis reveals the dynamics of travel research from the Chinese consumer's point of view and highlights the degrees of influence wielded by different types of travel companies: OTAs versus suppliers, local providers versus global ones, and transactional versus nontransactional sites.
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The second quarter of 2012 was challenging for U.S. public online travel agencies (OTAs) – Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline. While domestic business was resilient for most, relatively weak travel demand in Europe meant that growth from overseas operations was muted across the board.
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Asia Pacific's bustling economies have enjoyed striking growth in travel demand over the past several years. Airlines and hotels are benefiting from growing business and leisure travel demand, and online travel agencies - both local and global - continue to outperform the overall market. PhoCusWright's Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Fifth Edition provides comprehensive sizing, analysis and forecasting for the region's 13 travel markets, with special emphasis on its five major markets: China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
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The Asia Pacific hotel industry continued its impressive growth trajectory in 2011. The region's hotel market remains a hotspot for investors, and both global and local brands are focused on improving their strategic positioning via aggressive expansion and growth.
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Asia Pacific is home to the fastest-growing airline market in the world -- a market abuzz with new models and aggressive competition. This report provides sizing and analysis of the region's total and online air markets and offers insight into what their future holds.
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China is home to one of the world's fastest growing airline markets. Yet this heaving market remains largely closed to companies that provide distribution technology to airlines around the world, due to regulations that give monopoly control to TravelSky, the state-controlled enterprise. This Analysis looks at the current state of airline distribution and supporting technology in China, with a focus on the likelihood and potential implications of changes to the regulatory environment.
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Despite rising oil prices and airfares, aggregate gross bookings of the three public U.S. OTAs – Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline – made notable increases in 1Q12. However, near-term headwinds lie in wait.
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China has become a major global market for travel and tourism, and the country's online travel market - while still relatively young - is growing at a torrid pace. PhoCusWright's China Online Travel Overview Fifth Edition: The Giant Has Awoken provides comprehensive sizing and analysis of the country's online and total travel markets by segment and channel.
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Indonesia is home to a relatively young but rapidly accelerating travel and tourism industry. This Spotlight presents a snapshot of Indonesia's dynamic travel market, including the incidence of travel, analysis of travel components, leading suppliers, online versus offline channels, social media, mobile and more.
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