Ryanair Hotels shows early promise – Top UK travel sites, May 12 2012

A month into its relaunch, Ryanair Hotels has found itself Hotels.com, Premier Inn and Travelodge in the list of leading accommodation websites in the UK.

The site – a microsite within the existing airline platform – was launched in conjunction with HotelsCombined in early-April this year after the carrier’s relationship ended with its previous provider, Booking.com.

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending April 28 2012:

Agencies

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Thomsonwww.thomson.co.uk8.33%1
2Expedia.co.ukwww.expedia.co.uk7.29%2
3Thomas Cookwww.thomascook.com5.73%3
4Lastminute.comwww.lastminute.com4.76%5
5TravelRepublic.co.ukwww.travelrepublic.co.uk4.36%4
6On the Beachwww.onthebeach.co.uk3.13%6
7skyscannerwww.skyscanner.net3.06%8
8First Choicewww.firstchoice.co.uk2.78%10
9Travelzoo UKwww.travelzoo.com/uk2.60%7
10Cheapflights.co.ukwww.cheapflights.co.uk2.58%9

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1TripAdvisor UKwww.tripadvisor.co.uk12.81%1
2Booking.comwww.booking.com7.40%2
3TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com2.89%4
4LateRooms.comwww.laterooms.com2.85%3
5Ryan Air Hotelswww.ryanairhotels.com1.85%7
6Premier Innwww.premierinn.com1.85%5
7Travelodge UKwww.travelodge.co.uk1.75%6
8Groupon Travel Dealsgetaways.groupon.co.uk1.55%8
9Hotels.comwww.hotels.com1.34%9
10Holiday Lettingswww.holidaylettings.co.uk1.05%10

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1easyJet.comwww.easyjet.com18.00%1
2Ryanairwww.ryanair.com16.99%2
3British Airwayswww.britishairways.com12.02%3
4Monarch.co.ukwww.monarch.co.uk5.44%4
5Jet2.comwww.jet2.com5.42%5
6Flybewww.flybe.com4.42%7
7Virgin atlanticwww.virgin-atlantic.com4.11%6
8Thomson Airwaysflights.thomson.co.uk3.39%8
9flythomascook.comwww.flythomascook.com2.51%9
10bmibabywww.bmibaby.com2.27%10

Travel search terms

RankSearch TermPercentage of ClicksPercentage PaidPercentage OrganicPrevious Position
1google maps1.05%0.55%99.45%1
2thomas cook0.72%40.96%59.04%2
3easyjet0.70%9.37%91.63%3
4national rail0.67%14.21%85.79%5
5ryanair0.63%9.18%90.82%4
6tfl0.57%0.02%99.98%8
7thomson0.55%0.47%99.53%7
8aa route planner0.55%0.18%99.82%6
9train times0.48%19.78%80.22%9
10tripadvisor0.45%48.30%51.70%-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Related posts:

  1. Ryanair edges closer to EasyJet – Top UK travel sites, March 24 2012
  2. Ryanair and BA close in on EasyJet – Top UK travel sites, January 21 2012
  3. Groupon Travel winning more traffic than Hotels.com – Top UK travel sites, March 10 2012
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