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Here you’ll find relevant and varied statistics around online travel. Keep your eye on the changing statistics for fresh trends, take part in the comments area and look out for new live data partners… Live data will begin in the next few weeks … keep your eye out for updates If you’ve got some interesting data to add and are keen to become a Live Data Partner please contact info@eyefortravelresearch.com for further information Travel industry gets serious about Mobile
A recent survey conducted by EyeforTravel Research demonstrates the impact The report explains the challenges and opportunities created by new mobile technologies and the ever increasing use by travel consumers. Readers will understand how to develop their online travel strategies so they can benefit and grow. The results have been published in the Mobile Technology in Travel Report: The Introduction, the first in a series of three reports currently available to EyeforTravel Research Advanced members and part of The School of Mobile educational initiative just launched. The travel industry can register free of charge here. Even in the remotest corners of the world, rapid adoption of mobile technology is visible and people are becoming a lot more reachable and connected. In some developing markets, a consumer base previously considered unreachable via fixed line Internet, is reachable for the very first time. The global mobile market reached 3.5 billion users in 2008 and is projected to continue to grow, reaching about 4.6 billion by 2011. Around half of global subscribers are residents of the Asia Pacific region, followed by In the past there has been lots of talk and little action but right now, ‘ The report shows that till recently the “growth and uptake has been slow and identifying the right opportunities continues to be the hardest part of setting a mobile agenda”, but it is emphasised that the use of mobile in travel distribution is “unavoidable” and the “key success of any travel business in the future”. Some big travel companies are making serious money from their mobile investments so the argument that “the change has already started” is very viable. However the core message is that education is still vital. Mobile technology has evolved to the point where most functions previously exclusive to personal computers are now available in the palm of your hand. With online travel being the only growing travel market it’s not rocket science to see why mobile technology will have a massive impact on your marketing, payment and Whilst ‘service based’ Mobile strategies have worked till now it is reported by EyeforTravel Research that the most dominant concept of a The rapid explosion in the use of mobile phones allows opportunities for direct and personal connection, and it eradicates the limitations that fixed location PC internet/email access. The concept of being able to connect with consumers not only 24/7, in a ‘footloose’ manner, is a concept that is new and potentially very profitable to the online travel industry. Footloose travel distribution made possible by Mobile technology means travel companies can make their ‘content’ available to anyone regardless of location. You can now be available and have a presence at all possible consumer engagement points. 74% of travel companies see “ Travel companies across all verticals are asking for a better understanding about the technology solutions available and how to move forward. EyeforTravel Research are now partnering with some of the leading mobile technology companies to help educate the travel industry and evaluate opportunities, costs and ROI for Travel through research and interactive seminars. The first The information will be found in Part Two, published in April 2009 in About The EyeforTravel Research launch The School of Mobile, an initiative to help educate the travel and tourism industry about the current and potential role of The How do I register to take part in Phase One? To sign up for your free copy of the reports click here to become and Advanced member (currently free of charge) http://www.eyefortravelresearch.com/user/registration What is Phase Two? In Phase Two of the These seminars will take place in a Mobile Zone on 19-20th May in London located within the Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2009 exhibition area and travel suppliers and intermediaries are invited to attend free of charge. For further information about the First The Sound of Data delivers customer communication solutions that create new revenues or decrease operating costs for its clients. Using one of Europe’s largest platforms for managed mobile voice and data applications, they process more than 10 million customer interactions per month for international TMC’s, OTA’s, airlines, customer care centres, retail chains and media & broadcasting companies. For more information please visit: http://www.sod.nl/ Netbiscuits operates a leading B2B web software platform for the creation, operation and monetization of mobile websites. It serves the mobile Internet programs for premium brands like Yahoo, Sixt, and eBay, and leading agencies such as Razorfish, Isobar, and Nokia Interactive. Globally Netbiscuits delivers more than 1 billion mobile page impressions each month. Founded in 2000, the company has more than 85 employees in the For more information please visit: www.netbiscuits.com.
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EyeforTravel Research endeavours to provide the travel industry with new and invaluable information on a regular basis. A key part of our research is, of course, amongst travel industry professionals.
We want to chat with employees across all travel sectors to gather thoughts, knowledge, opinions, advice, experiences and understandings towards various topics relating to the travel industry in general, online travel, travel consumers, sector specific issues, market specific issues… companies of all sizes welcome. You may receive occasional surveys and invitations to participate in discussions. Even if you join you’re not obliged to take part in any way, but we’d highly value your input if you did.
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We’re heading into the perfect storm of social media, location technology and mobile. These technologies are combining to provide another wave of change in how consumers choose their destination, buy their travel and decide where to spend their hard earned cash during their trip. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:31:06 +0100
In-Depth: Interview with Stephany van Willigenburg, business development manager, Mobile EMEA, Google Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:13:53 +0100
Leisure travel average daily rate (ADR) has shown positive growth for the first time globally since the recession hit, increasing just over +1%, according to July’s The Pegasus View from Pegasus Solutions. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:54:02 +0100
Accorhotels.com and hotel meta-search engine HotelsCombined.com have signed a new distribution partnership. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:20:01 +0100
Recently, the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance rolled out its first big change to the public – Yahoo! organic search results are now driven by Bing’s algorithms in the US and Canada. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:07:54 +0100
By Ritesh Gupta Where is the travel sector headed? Which areas of distribution are going to see maximum growth? How is the whole travel planning, booking and in-destination process changing for the travellers? What is the role of technology and gadgets for additional sales channels and driving customer loyalty in the time to come? Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:55:52 +0100
Amadeus has introduced a new booking solution for online players, using Amadeus Cars Plus XML technology. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:11:15 +0100
The rise of smartphones with browsers which can both display desktop sites and make it easy for users to interact with them has been a significant development. The travel industry expects mobile usage to continue to increase as the browsers get better. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:51:21 +0100
Revenue “leaked” from the hotel industry to the OTAs in the form of abnormally high merchant commissions of 25 percent and higher will reach $5.4 billion in 2010, estimates Hospitality eBusiness Strategies. Thu, 29 May 2008 09:03:41 +0100
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