Ms. Sileo launched the research division of Phocuswright Inc. in 1998. She pioneered online travel metrics adopted as the industry standard for segmentation, sizing, forecasting, analysis and consumer planning behavior. Lorraine is quoted frequently in consumer and trade media and has authored numerous publications including Phocuswright's U.S. Online Travel Overview. Lorraine is an advisory board member for Penn State School of Hospitality Management and was previously an adjunct professor at New York University's Graduate Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management. She has analyzed the business and consumer digital marketplace for various publications and media companies for over 25 years.
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Areas of Research
Lorraine's extensive background and understanding of travel trends give her an ideal vantage point from which to forecast the financial and operational direction of the travel industry. Lorraine is a frequent speaker on performance trends and growth of U.S. and global travel markets.
U.S. Travel Market Report 2026
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: May 2026 Analysts: Lorraine Sileo, Marilyn Macallair, Coney Dongre, Michael Coletta US $2,295This report series features five key segments in the U.S. travel market: Airline, Hotel & Lodging, Car Rental, Cruise and Packaged Travel, as well as Online Travel Agency. Collectively, the series...
U.S. Airline Market Essentials 2026
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: May 2026 Analysts: Coney Dongre, Lorraine Sileo US $595This publication provides access to critical, top-level takeaways of the U.S. airline market, including (but not limited to) datapoints on market sizing and projections, distribution trends, analysis of...
Canada Travel Agency Landscape 2026
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: February 2026 Analysts: Alicia Schmid, Stan Pawlow, Lorraine SileoCanada Travel Agency Landscape 2026 is a curated research snapshot, focusing on the Canadian travel agency distribution landscape and overall market size.
U.S. Travel Agency Landscape 2025
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: December 2025 Analysts: Cathy Walsh, Lorraine Sileo US $695U.S. Travel Agency Landscape 2025 is part of a joint research project with Phocuswright and Travel Weekly, tracking the travel agency distribution landscape and overall market size.
U.S. Corporate Travel Landscape 2025: Market Size, Policy and the Impact of AI
Category: Business Travel Published: September 2025 Analysts: Claudia Unger, Alicia Schmid, Lorraine Sileo US $1,095Based on both a comprehensive market sizing exercise and consumer survey research this report answers several key questions about the state of the U.S. managed travel market.
