TripAdvisor and Booking.com move ahead – Top Canada travel websites, July 2012

September 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Both Booking.com and TripAdvisor managed to pull further in front of the chasing pack in the list of leading accommodation and destination websites in Canada in August.

Market leader Booking.com added 0.5% market share to its tally from July, while TripAdvisor Canada gained almost 0.75% over the same period but remained in second spot.

However, with the France and global sites combined, TripAdvisor would have almost 13% market share, 4.5% ahead of Booking.com.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for August 2012:

Agency

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Expedia Canadawww.expedia.ca16.42%1
2Flight Networkwww.flightnetwork.com5.46%2
3Hotwirewww.hotwire.com4.17%3
4www.cheapoair.cawww.cheapoair.ca3.52%4
5priceline.comwww.priceline.com3.50%5
6Red Tag Vacationswww.redtag.ca2.95%8
7Sunwingwww.sunwing.ca2.73%9
8Tripcentral.cawww.tripcentral.ca2.67%-
9Travelocity Canadawww.travelocity.ca2.66%10
10itravel2000www.itravel2000.com2.60%7

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Booking.comwww.booking.com8.54%1
2TripAdvisor Canadawww.tripadvisor.ca7.73%2
3Hotels.comwww.hotels.com4.42%3
4TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com3.19%4
5TripAdvisor Francewww.tripadvisor.fr1.83%5
6InterContinental Hotels Groupwww.ichotelsgroup.com1.74%6
7Best Western Internationalwww.bestwestern.com1.34%8
8Princess Cruiseswww.princess.com1.34%-
9City of Torontowww.toronto.ca1.30%7
10Vacation Rentals by Ownerwww.vrbo.com1.25%-

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Air Canadawww.aircanada.ca27.42%1
2WestJetwww.westjet.com25.95%2
3Air Transatwww.airtransat.com5.97%3
4Allegiant Airwww.allegiantair.com2.72%5
5United Airlineswww.united.com2.66%10
6acaeronet.aircanada.caacaeronet.aircanada.ca2.48%7
7Delta Air Lineswww.delta.com2.32%6
8Porterwww.flyporter.com2.29%4
9WestJet online check incheckin.westjet.com2.06%9
10Air Canada Employee Travel Sitetravel.aircanada.com1.93%8

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Related posts:

  1. TripAdvisor loses top spot – Top Canada travel sites, July 2012
  2. Booking.com challenges Tripadvisor – Top Canada travel sites, full month June 2012
  3. TripAdvisor climbs ahead of Booking.com – Top Canada travel sites, September 10 2011
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