Online Travel Industry

What didn't kill Asia's travel agents made them stronger-so says the newly released Abacus Asia Travel Sentiment Survey, which found that 92% of agents believe that adjustments they adopted during the economic downturn put them in better shape for 2010. - More

Google's $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, announced on July 1, has left many wondering how ITA's clients are going to survive. ITA, based in Boston, provides software that handles information about airline flights and fares and times, and it's used by airlines, travel agencies and websites like Orbitz, Kayak and Bing. Will Google blow them all out of the sky? - More

They have been a staple of travel agencies and dental surgeries since the beginning of the package holiday, but the glossy travel brochure has become the latest casualty of the internet era, according to a survey. - More

Airline fees are coming so fast that even some travel agents have a hard time keeping up. - More

Online travel agents are holding up through the recession on business and leisure travel. - More

The online travel market in Germany grew by 10.4% in 2009 even while overall revenues declined. - More

European online travel bookings are projected to grow slightly by 0.6% in 2009 according to travel industry research authority, PhoCusWright, in its upcoming report, PhoCusWright's European Online Travel Overview Fifth Edition. Internet distribution channels continue to outperform the European travel market as a whole, which is projected to decline by 10% in 2009. - More

Google on Thursday announced that it is moving into the travel industry, buying a flight-information company called ITA Software for $700 million. But what does the entry of the Internet giant mean for companies already in the market, like Expedia, Priceline and even Microsoft’s Bing Travel? - More

After years of healthy growth, a perfect storm of global recession, high unemployment, terrorism scares, flu-pandemic fears and continued economic uncertainty took a devastating toll on the US travel industry in 2009. But usage of the Internet for researching, discussing and booking leisure and unmanaged business travel has shown surprising resilience. - More

As one of the premier leisure travel destinations in Europe, Spain's economy suffered from the decline of both inbound and domestic travel amidst the global recession. The overall travel market fell 12% in 2009 according to PhoCusWright's Spanish Online Travel Overview Fifth Edition. Online travel sales, however, declined by only 1%. - More

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This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for merry-go-rounds, swings, shooting galleries, fairground amusements, traveling circuses, traveling menageries, and traveling theatres. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, ba - More

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Air Travel in Billions of Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPKs). Air Travel can be categorized as follows: Business Air Travel, Leisure Air Travel, Domestic Air Travel, and International Air Travel. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. Annual forecasts are provided for each region for the period of 2006 through 2015. A five-year historic analysis is also - More

Finaccord’s report titled Travel Insurance and Assistance in Northern and Central Europe investigates the market for stand-alone travel insurance and assistance in ten countries in this region and is one of two studies published in July 2009 on the subject of travel insurance and assistance in Europe. This market is estimated by Finaccord to have been worth €1.21 billion in gross written premiums in 2008, and has been growing in most of the countries in the region. The market is also - More

Summary of Key Points

• The current optimism expressed by corporate executives and travel managers is likely to be dented as the current global growth slowdown spreads from its epicentre in the US to engulf first Europe and then the emerging economies.
• MICE and incentive travel in particular are vulnerable to the current economic downturn due to their largely discretionary nature.
• The future of videoconferencing is brightening up due to companies cutting travel cost - More

Introduction This report is an invaluable source of information on the UK travel insurance market. It provides unique market size information and discusses the main issues and trends facing the sector. It also reveals which insurers are leading the way in this market and forecasts what the future holds for the sector in the next five years under two different scenarios. Scope Consumer data giving insight into travel insurance purchasing habits Analysis of the major competitive issues sh - More