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TAM closes in on GOL in airline battle – Top Brazil travel sites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:39 +0000

GOL has seen its lead over rival airline TAM dramatically reduced after shedding traffic last week in the list of leading websites in Brazil.

TAM increased its share of traffic in he airline category increase by over 3.5% week-on-week as GOL slumped by over 6% during the same period.

Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Decolar	www.decolar.com	23.26%	1
2	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	16.30%	2
3	ViajaNet	www.viajanet.com.br	15.84%	3
4	Submarino Viagens	www.submarinoviagens.com.br	11.84%	4
5	CVC	www.cvc.com.br	7.61%	5
6	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	5.86%	6
7	Melhores Destinos	www.melhoresdestinos.com.br	2.59%	8
8	Americanas Viagens	viagens.americanas.com.br	2.56%	7
9	Rapi10	www.rapi10.com.br	2.55%	9
10	Que Tal Viajar?	www.quetalviajar.com	1.95%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	16.57%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	11.39%	2
3	Trip Advisor Brasil	www.tripadvisor.com.br	6.88%	3
4	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	5.96%	4
5	Ferias	www.ferias.tur.br	5.00%	5
6	Alugue Temporada	www.aluguetemporada.com.br	4.42%	6
7	Milevo	www.milevo.com.br	4.10%	-
8	Hotels Combined	www.hotelscombined.com	3.67%	7
9	ShopF cil Travel	wwws.shopfacilviagens.com.br	3.64%	8
10	EcoViagem	ecoviagem.uol.com.br	2.26%	9

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes	www.voegol.com.br	30.82%	1
2	TAM	www.tam.com.br	27.50%	2
3	Azul	www.voeazul.com.br	8.06%	4
4	Smiles Mileage Program	www.smiles.com.br	7.41%	3
5	TRIP Linhas Aereas	www.voetrip.com.br	6.48%	5
6	Webjet Brasil	www.webjet.com.br	5.12%	6
7	Avianca Brazil	www.avianca.com.br	3.49%	7
8	Passaredo Linhas Aereas	www.voepassaredo.com.br	1.20%	8
9	Tam Viagens	www.tamviagens.com.br	1.13%	9
10	LAN Airlines	www.lan.com	0.63%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

WebJet and Expedia fall as Flight Centre rises – Top Australia travel websites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:41 +0000

No change in positions but a narrowing between the top two and third place as Flight Centre increased its market share in Australia as Expedia and WebJet made losses last week.

WebJet lost 0.75% in its share of the agency category and Expedia 0.2%. Flight Centre gained 0.3%.

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Webjet Australia	www.webjet.com.au	13.34%	1
2	Expedia Australia	www.expedia.com.au	11.83%	2
3	Flight Centre	www.flightcentre.com.au	9.20%	3
4	Lastminute.com.au	www.lastminute.com.au	5.14%	4
5	Best Flights	www.bestflights.com.au	3.41%	5
6	Jetabroad	www.jetabroad.com	2.66%	6
7	Wego	www.wego.com	2.46%	-
8	Airfares Flights Australia	www.airfaresflights.com.au	2.08%	8
9	ZUJI Australia	www.zuji.com	1.93%	9
10	Travelzoo Australia	www.travelzoo.com/au	1.72%	7

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor - Australia	www.tripadvisor.com.au	6.21%	1
2	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	6.00%	2
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	5.09%	3
4	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	4.16%	4
5	Stayz	www.stayz.com.au	3.50%	5
6	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	1.96%	6
7	Agoda Australia	www.agoda.com.au	1.94%	7
8	Totaltravel.com	www.totaltravel.com	1.47%	8
9	Agoda.com	www.agoda.com	1.12%	9
10	Lonely Planet	www.lonelyplanet.com	1.12%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Postion
1	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	23.00%	1
2	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	19.85%	2
3	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	17.65%	3
4	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	5.45%	4
5	Emirates	www.emirates.com	3.46%	5
6	Tiger Airways	www.tigerairways.com	3.30%	6
7	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	3.06%	7
8	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	1.68%	8
9	Air New Zealand - Australia	www.airnz.com.au	1.56%	10
10	Malaysia Airlines	www.malaysiaairlines.com	1.50%	9

Search Terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	google maps	1.60%	0.04%	99.96%	1
2	jetstar	1.07%	0.76%	99.24%	2
3	webjet	0.78%	0.24%	99.76%	3
4	qantas	0.72%	19.93%	80.07%	4
5	maps	0.70%	0.00%	100.00%	5
6	wotif	0.58%	1.06%	98.94%	6
7	flight centre	0.57%	55.10%	44.90%	7
8	metlink	0.47%	0.03%	99.97%	8
9	whereis	0.35%	0.09%	99.91%	10
10	singapore airlines	0.34%	10.60%	89.40%	9

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Booking.com and Yahoo up, Stuff down – Top New Zealand websites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:26:01 +0000

Travel services from Yahoo in New Zealand and Booking.com increased their respective share of web traffic last week as Stuff lost its second spot.

Yahoo Xtra gained 0.75% market share week-on-week, while Booking.com added around 0.25% over the same period.

Stuff, however, shed 1.75% share of the destination and accommodation category and fell to fourth position.

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia.co.nz	www.expedia.co.nz	13.81%	1
2	Webjet New Zealand	www.webjet.co.nz	12.08%	2
3	House of Travel	www.houseoftravel.co.nz	10.13%	3
4	Flight Centre New Zealand	www.flightcentre.co.nz	6.17%	4
5	Jet Abroad - NZ	www.jetabroad.co.nz	3.54%	5
6	Kayak	www.kayak.com	2.86%	6
7	Orbitz	www.orbitz.com	2.23%	7
8	Agoda.co.nz	www.agoda.co.nz	1.67%	10
9	bookingbuddy	www.bookingbuddy.com	1.66%	-
10	FareCompare	www.farecompare.com	1.64%	8

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	6.67%	1
2	Yahoo!xtra - Travel	nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com	5.11%	4
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	4.72%	3
4	stuff.co.nz - Travel	www.stuff.co.nz/travel	4.33%	2
5	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	4.10%	5
6	HolidayHouses.co.nz	www.holidayhouses.co.nz	3.45%	6
7	AA New Zealand Travel Guide	www.aatravel.co.nz	2.83%	7
8	Book A Bach	www.bookabach.co.nz	2.58%	9
9	Jasons Travel Media	www.jasons.co.nz	2.38%	8
10	New Zealand Tourism Online	www.tourism.net.nz	1.77%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	34.14%	1
2	Air New Zealand - grabaseat	www.grabaseat.co.nz	24.41%	2
3	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	10.05%	3
4	My Air New Zealand	www.myairnz.co.nz	5.31%	4
5	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	4.33%	6
6	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	3.20%	5
7	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	2.92%	7
8	Emirates	www.emirates.com	2.47%	8
9	Air New Zealand - Global Site	www.airnz.com	2.16%	10
10	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	1.55%	9

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via rook76/Shutterstock

Expedia gains further ground at the top – Top US travel sites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:34 +0000

Expedia and Travelocity out-performed their nearest rivals last week, becoming the only leading online travel agencies in the US to increase their market share of web traffic.

The pair added around 0.5% and 0.25% market share respectively to their tallies from the previous week, keeping Expedia in pole position and pushing Travelocity up one place to fifth spot.

Priceline, Orbitz and Yahoo Travel all lost market share.

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia	www.expedia.com	12.64%	1
2	priceline.com	www.priceline.com	8.68%	2
3	Yahoo! Travel	travel.yahoo.com	7.71%	3
4	Orbitz	www.orbitz.com	6.99%	4
5	Travelocity	www.travelocity.com	6.22%	6
6	Kayak	www.kayak.com	5.75%	5
7	Hotwire	www.hotwire.com	5.44%	8
8	CheapOair	www.cheapoair.com	5.35%	7
9	bookingbuddy	www.bookingbuddy.com	2.52%	9
10	Cheap Tickets	www.cheaptickets.com	2.51%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	8.31%	1
2	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	2.83%	3
3	Marriott International	www.marriott.com	2.71%	2
4	Booking.com	www.booking.com	2.20%	6
5	Vacation Rentals by Owner	www.vrbo.com	2.17%	4
6	Hilton Hotels Online	www.hilton.com	2.16%	5
7	InterContinental Hotels Group	www.ichotelsgroup.com	1.95%	8
8	Carnival Cruise Lines	www.carnival.com	1.88%	7
9	Southwest Airlines Travel Guide	travel.southwest.com	1.60%	9
10	Walt Disney World	disneyworld.disney.go.com	1.45%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Southwest Airlines	www.southwest.com	22.89%	1
2	Delta Air Lines	www.delta.com	12.14%	2
3	American Airlines	www.aa.com	9.34%	3
4	JetBlue Airways	www.jetblue.com	7.36%	4
5	Continental Airlines	www.continental.com	6.75%	5
6	United Airlines	www.united.com	5.98%	7
7	US Airways	www.usairways.com	5.32%	6
8	AirTran Airways	www.airtran.com	4.48%	8
9	Allegiant Air	www.allegiantair.com	3.52%	9
10	Spirit Airlines	www.spiritair.com	3.49%	10

Travel search terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	mapquest	4.36%	0.04%	99.96%	1
2	google maps	1.56%	0.88%	99.12%	2
3	southwest airlines	1.38%	34.03%	65.97%	3
4	travelocity	0.86%	58.52%	41.48%	6
5	expedia	0.81%	54.53%	46.47%	5
6	maps	0.72%	0.68%	99.32%	4
7	map quest	0.55%	0.42%	99.58%	7
8	continental airlines	0.53%	7.88%	92.12%	-
9	american airlines	0.51%	5.38%	94.62%	9
10	google earth	0.48%	14.08%	95.92%	10

NB: Data couresy of Experian Hitwise

Thomson looks nervously over shoulder at Expedia – Top UK travel sites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:20:03 +0000

Expedia is within a whisker of re-taking pole position from Thomson in the list of leading travel websites in the UK.

The gap between the pair is less than 0.2% market share as Expedia gained more than Thomson last week in the agency category.

Thomas Cook in third place also added a fraction of a percentage point over the same period, while TravelRepublic in fifth lost around 0.3%.

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Thomson	www.thomson.co.uk	7.61%	1
2	Expedia.co.uk	www.expedia.co.uk	7.42%	2
3	Thomas Cook	www.thomascook.com	5.80%	3
4	Lastminute.com	www.lastminute.com	4.88%	4
5	TravelRepublic.co.uk	www.travelrepublic.co.uk	3.69%	5
6	First Choice	www.firstchoice.co.uk	2.82%	6
7	skyscanner	www.skyscanner.net	2.82%	7
8	Travelzoo UK	www.travelzoo.com/uk	2.62%	8
9	Cheapflights.co.uk	www.cheapflights.co.uk	2.61%	9
10	travelsupermarket.com	www.travelsupermarket.com	2.49%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor UK	www.tripadvisor.co.uk	11.97%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	7.20%	2
3	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.17%	3
4	LateRooms.com	www.laterooms.com	2.79%	4
5	Premier Inn	www.premierinn.com	2.04%	5
6	Travelodge UK	www.travelodge.co.uk	1.97%	6
7	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	1.57%	7
8	Time Out	www.timeout.com	1.25%	9
9	Holiday Lettings	www.holidaylettings.co.uk	1.15%	10
10	InterContinental Hotels Group	www.ichotelsgroup.com	1.09%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	easyJet.com	www.easyjet.com	18.49%	1
2	Ryanair	www.ryanair.com	14.69%	2
3	British Airways	www.britishairways.com	12.09%	3
4	Jet2.com	www.jet2.com	5.11%	5
5	Monarch.co.uk	www.monarch.co.uk	4.69%	7
6	Flybe	www.flybe.com	4.60%	4
7	Virgin atlantic	www.virgin-atlantic.com	4.02%	6
8	Thomson Airways	flights.thomson.co.uk	3.26%	8
9	bmibaby	www.bmibaby.com	2.82%	10
10	flythomascook.com	www.flythomascook.com	2.54%	9

Travel search terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentarge of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	google maps	0.98%	0.45%	99.55%	1
2	national rail	0.67%	0.76%	99.24%	4
3	easyjet	0.65%	3.09%	96.91%	3
4	thomas cook	0.65%	37.72%	62.28%	2
5	ryanair	0.59%	1.65%	98.35%	5
6	tfl	0.53%	1.30%	98.70%	6
7	travelodge	0.42%	33.08%	66.92%	7
8	trainline	0.42%	45.95%	54.05%	10
9	aa route planner	0.41%	0.73%	99.27%	9
10	train times	0.38%	21.18%	78.82%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Air France seizes crown from EasyJet – Top France travel sites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:50 +0000

EasyJet lost its prime position at the top of leading airline to Air France last week, despite both brands see their market share of visits to airline websites in France decrease.

Air France lost around 0.5% share of visits in the category, but low cost giant EasyJet managed shed a massive 4.25% over the same period, sending it into second place ahead of Ryanair.

Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Voyages-sncf.com	www.voyages-sncf.com	14.91%	1
2	EasyVoyage.com	www.easyvoyage.com	10.01%	2
3	Promovacances.com	www.promovacances.com	6.43%	3
4	eDreams France	www.edreams.fr	4.32%	5
5	Voyage Priv	www.voyage-prive.com	3.78%	4
6	Jetcost.com	www.jetcost.com	3.26%	6
7	GoVoyages.com	www.govoyages.com	2.88%	10
8	opodo France - Billet d'avion	billetavion.opodo.fr	2.83%	7
9	opodo France	www.opodo.fr	2.76%	-
10	www.vol24.fr	www.vol24.fr	2.61%	9

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	ViaMichelin France	www.viamichelin.fr	13.27%	1
2	EasyVoyage.com	www.easyvoyage.com	6.81%	3
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	6.09%	2
4	TripAdvisor France	www.tripadvisor.fr	3.73%	4
5	Abritel	www.abritel.fr	3.00%	5
6	Routard.com	www.routard.com	2.61%	6
7	L'Officiel des vacances	www.officiel-des-vacances.com	2.18%	8
8	Gralon	www.gralon.net	2.10%	7
9	Orange Voyages	voyages.orange.fr	1.95%	-
10	Homelidays.com	www.homelidays.com	1.89%	9

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air France - France	www.airfrance.fr	23.49%	2
2	easyJet.com	www.easyjet.com	18.82%	1
3	Ryanair	www.ryanair.com	13.84%	3
4	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	www.klm.com	3.71%	5
5	Lufthansa	www.lufthansa.com	3.19%	6
6	Corsairfly	www.corsairfly.com	3.00%	4
7	Air France	www.airfrance.com	2.21%	7
8	Royal Air Maroc	www.royalairmaroc.com	1.79%	9
9	Air Caraibes	www.aircaraibes.com	1.77%	-
10	GP Air France	gp.airfrance.fr	1.73%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

WestJet loses ground on Air Canada – Top Canada travel sites, February 4 2012

Tnooz — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:12:24 +0000

Air Canada is extending its lead over rival WestJet as a recent reverse, when WestJet took spot from the national carrier, becomes a distant memory.

WestJet lost 1.5% of its share of the airline category last week, compared to the previous week, as Air Canada increased its only tally by over 2%.

The distance between the pair is now 4% market share. Third placed Air Transat has a 7% share of the category.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending February 4 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia Canada	www.expedia.ca	13.75%	1
2	itravel2000	www.itravel2000.com	5.57%	2
3	Flight Network	www.flightnetwork.com	5.13%	3
4	Red Tag Vacations	www.redtag.ca	4.56%	4
5	Sunwing	www.sunwing.ca	3.65%	5
6	Voyages Arabais	www.voyagesarabais.com	3.50%	6
7	Tripcentral.ca	www.tripcentral.ca	2.96%	8
8	Hotwire	www.hotwire.com	2.96%	7
9	Travelocity Canada	www.travelocity.ca	2.73%	9
10	priceline.com	www.priceline.com	2.06%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor Canada	www.tripadvisor.ca	9.91%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	5.73%	2
3	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.37%	3
4	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	2.70%	5
5	TripAdvisor France	www.tripadvisor.fr	2.51%	4
6	BookIt.com	www.bookit.com	1.86%	6
7	City of Toronto	www.toronto.ca	1.71%	9
8	Princess Cruises	www.princess.com	1.40%	8
9	InterContinental Hotels Group	www.ichotelsgroup.com	1.34%	-
10	Vacation Rentals by Owner	www.vrbo.com	1.33%	7

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air Canada	www.aircanada.ca	28.19%	1
2	WestJet	www.westjet.com	24.20%	2
3	Air Transat	www.airtransat.com	6.60%	3
4	Porter	www.flyporter.com	4.12%	6
5	Allegiant Air	www.allegiantair.com	3.69%	4
6	Delta Air Lines	www.delta.com	2.16%	7
7	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	2.03%	5
8	Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air	www.alaskaair.com	1.94%	-
9	Air Canada Employee Travel Site	travel.aircanada.com	1.89%	9
10	Spirit Airlines	www.spiritair.com	1.77%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Asia hotel prices – February to April 2012

Tnooz — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:00:26 +0000

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Asia.

The Rategain data covers the region from February to April 2012, taken on the first week of February (all rates in US dollars for two adults for a one-night stay).

Three star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Bali	Mar	36.56	112.50	IDA KUTA HOTEL BALI
	Apr	35.00	120.88	IDA KUTA HOTEL BALI
Beijing	Feb	23.62	62.06	MEIYUAN HOTEL
	Mar	26.19	67.09	HUTONG INN
	Apr	24.93	67.81	JIANG TAI ART HOTEL BEIJING
Hong Kong	Feb	38.68	154.16	ANNE BLACK YWCA HONG KONG (THE)
	Mar	49.77	169.49	ANNE BLACK YWCA HONG KONG (THE)
	Apr	66.74	234.41	ANNE BLACK YWCA HONG KONG (THE)
Jakarta	Feb	36.08	57.93	HOTEL GOLDEN BAY
	Mar	46.80	53.03	HOTEL GOLDEN BAY
Kuala Lumpur	Feb	21.26	60.27	IBIZ HOTEL
	Mar	38.19	82.43	CITITEL EXPRESSHOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
	Apr	51.55	88.74	CITITEL EXPRESSHOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
Mumbai	Feb	20.29	130.39	HOTEL JAWAHAR
	Mar	62.67	104.79	HOTEL YOGI METROPOLITIAN
New Delhi	Mar	24.47	77.44	HOTEL IVORY PALACE
Penang	Feb	33.68	92.97	NAZA HOTEL
	Mar	53.71	154.69	HYDRO HOTEL PENANG
	Apr	53.91	104.53	HYDRO HOTEL PENANG
Phuket	Feb	22.15	109.25	CHINOTEL
	Mar	22.25	128.27	CHINOTEL
Venice	Feb	55.34	180.76	HOTEL GRAND CHANCELLOR - TOWER BLOCK
	Mar	84.02	201.56	FRAGRANCE IMPERIAL HOTEL
	Apr	108.97	222.50	FRAGRANCE IMPERIAL HOTEL

Four star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Bali	Feb	47.00	160.00	BEST WESTERN RESORT KUTA
	Mar	47.00	192.77	BEST WESTERN RESORT KUTA
Bangkok	Feb	35.10	120.06	MERISEB SUKHUMVIT 16 HOTEL
	Mar	39.80	120.11	ROYAL HOTEL BANGKOK
Beijing	Feb	37.58	111.08	XIHUA BUSINESS HOTEL
	Mar	50.72	136.19	HOWARD JOHNSON PARAGON HOTEL
	Apr	37.55	136.95	XIHUA BUSINESS HOTEL
Hong Kong	Feb	29.99	211.32	RAMADA HONG KONG HOTEL HONG KONG
	Mar	29.99	245.60	RAMADA HONG KONG HOTEL HONG KONG
	Apr	86.39	306.74	HARBOUR PLAZA RESORT CITY HOTEL HONG KONG
Jakarta	Feb	39.96	100.00	BATAVIA HOTEL
	Mar	66.02	100.76	SWISS BELHOTEL MANGGA BESAR
Kuala Lumpur	Feb	40.19	114.84	QUALITY HOTEL CITY CENTRE KUALA LUMPUR
	Mar	43.13	134.68	FLAMINGO BY THE LAKE HOTEL
	Apr	45.89	133.11	QUALITY HOTEL CITY CENTRE KUALA LUMPUR
New Delhi	Feb	70.44	174.83	COMFORTINN ANNEHA
	Mar	105.95	155.75	LILYWHITE HOTEL
	Apr	93.96	96.57	RAMADA PLAZA NEW DELHI
Penang	Feb	26.31	129.27	CHULIA HERITAGE HOTEL
	Mar	61.72	206.61	BANANA BOUTIQUE HOTEL
	Apr	74.35	157.16	FLAMINGO HOTEL BY THE BEACH
Phuket	Feb	32.20	181.39	BAAN RAI RUM YEN
	Mar	51.27	192.05	ROYAL PHUKET CITY HOTEL
	Apr	30.58	140.29	COCOVILLE PHUKET RESORT
Shanghai	Feb	22.94	107.00	RAYFONT NANPU HOTEL
	Mar	23.56	123.98	RAYFONT NANPU HOTEL
	Apr	30.34	127.24	RAYFONT NANPU HOTEL
Singapore	Feb	90.27	262.17	PARC SOVEREIGN
	Mar	94.30	281.83	PARC SOVEREIGN
	Apr	134.41	278.16	HOLIDAY INN ATRIUM SINGAPORE

Five star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Bali	Mar	90.00	321.26	AYODYA RESORT BALI
	Apr	100.00	372.61	AYODYA RESORT BALI
Bangkok	Feb	64.11	242.90	THE GRAND FOURWINGS CONVENTION HOTEL
	Mar	89.24	252.51	ANANTARA BANGKOK SATHORN
	Apr	125.28	240.77	SUMMIT WINDMILL GOLF RESIDENCE
Beijing	Mar	33.87	256.23	JADE PALACE
	Apr	53.46	293.48	XI ZHAO TEMPLE HOTEL
Hong Kong	Feb	79.94	373.48	HARBOUR GRAND
	Mar	79.94	395.88	HARBOUR GRAND
	Apr	138.15	493.95	SKYCITY MARRIOTT
Jakarta	Feb	67.00	167.07	MENARA PENINSULA HOTEL
	Mar	80.94	154.00	ARYADUTA HOTEL
Kuala Lumpur	Feb	48.03	161.68	SUNWAY PUTRA HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
	Mar	76.99	180.09	HILTON PETALING JAYA HOTEL
	Apr	82.21	194.44	DOUBLETREE BY HILTON, KUALA LUMPUR
Mumbai	Feb	73.80	293.34	RENAISSANCE MUMBAI CONVENTION CENTRE HOTEL
	Mar	173.56	234.84	LE ROYAL MERIDIEN
	Apr	155.95	221.85	LE ROYAL MERIDIEN
New Delhi	Feb	125.42	304.12	CENTAUR HOTEL, IGI AIRPORT
	Mar	137.57	271.44	THE SURYAA
	Apr	93.96	167.69	THE SURYAA
Penang	Feb	38.23	251.47	JEREJAK RESORT AND SPA
	Mar	102.18	449.76	THE NORTHAM ALL SUITE
	Apr	181.88	308.64	LONE PINE HOTEL
Phuket	Feb	117.40	381.08	OUTRIGGER SERENITY TERRACE RESORT
	Mar	90.32	391.98	OUTRIGGER SERENITY TERRACE RESORT
	Apr	72.49	348.12	OUTRIGGER SERENITY TERRACE RESORT
Shanghai	Feb	38.04	162.95	SHANGHAI SKY RAINBOW HOTEL
	Mar	41.21	197.06	SHANGHAI SKY RAINBOW HOTEL
	Apr	41.21	197.06	SHANGHAI SKY RAINBOW HOTEL
Singapore	Feb	179.61	416.29	RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA - FESTIVE HOTEL
	Mar	180.06	446.84	INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE
	Apr	180.09	450.03	INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE

NB: RateGain specializes in competitive price intelligence and rate shopping solutions for hotels, online travel companies and airlines. It currently tracks more than one billion hotel rates every month across countries in US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

NB2: The above data is indicative in nature and RateGain can’t be held liable for its accuracy or usefulness for any purpose.

NB3: Bangkok skyline image via Shutterstock.

Strong showing for Hotel Urbano – Top Brazil travel sites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:01 +0000

Hotel Urbano has extended its lead in the destination and accommodation category last week, as well as seeing its position increase in the list of leading agencies in Brazil.

The site added 3% market share to its previous tally, putting it over 7% ahead of Booking.com, as well as climbing into second spot above Viajanet after gaining 1.25% in the agency category.

It remains 3.5% behind Decolar.

Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Decolar	www.decolar.com	21.86%	1
2	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	18.42%	3
3	ViajaNet	www.viajanet.com.br	17.06%	2
4	Submarino Viagens	www.submarinoviagens.com.br	10.36%	4
5	CVC	www.cvc.com.br	7.66%	5
6	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	5.93%	6
7	Americanas Viagens	viagens.americanas.com.br	3.21%	7
8	Melhores Destinos	www.melhoresdestinos.com.br	2.98%	8
9	Rapi10	www.rapi10.com.br	2.03%	9
10	Que Tal Viajar?	www.quetalviajar.com	1.95%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	19.10%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	11.95%	2
3	Trip Advisor Brasil	www.tripadvisor.com.br	7.13%	3
4	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	6.15%	4
5	Ferias	www.ferias.tur.br	4.79%	6
6	Alugue Temporada	www.aluguetemporada.com.br	4.61%	5
7	Hotels Combined	www.hotelscombined.com	3.65%	8
8	ShopF cil Travel	wwws.shopfacilviagens.com.br	3.47%	7
9	EcoViagem	ecoviagem.uol.com.br	2.80%	9
10	Hoteis.com	www.hoteis.com	2.08%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes	www.voegol.com.br	36.98%	1
2	TAM	www.tam.com.br	23.92%	2
3	Smiles Mileage Program	www.smiles.com.br	7.88%	4
4	Azul	www.voeazul.com.br	7.58%	3
5	TRIP Linhas Aereas	www.voetrip.com.br	5.46%	5
6	Webjet Brasil	www.webjet.com.br	4.32%	6
7	Avianca Brazil	www.avianca.com.br	3.46%	7
8	Passaredo Linhas Aereas	www.voepassaredo.com.br	1.25%	9
9	Tam Viagens	www.tamviagens.com.br	1.17%	8
10	LAN Airlines	www.lan.com	0.82%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

WebJet mounts challenge to Expedia – Top New Zealand websites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:38:25 +0000

Expedia will be looking nervously its should in the coming weeks as WebJet lurks just a fraction behind its leading position in the list of leading travel sites in New Zealand.

The latest resumption of an ongoing battle between the pair came as WebJet piled on 1.5% market share and Expedia lost a similar amount in the agency category.

The gap is now just 0.25%.

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia.co.nz	www.expedia.co.nz	13.85%	1
2	Webjet New Zealand	www.webjet.co.nz	13.61%	2
3	House of Travel	www.houseoftravel.co.nz	9.76%	3
4	Flight Centre New Zealand	www.flightcentre.co.nz	5.85%	4
5	Jet Abroad - NZ	www.jetabroad.co.nz	3.66%	5
6	Kayak	www.kayak.com	2.93%	7
7	Orbitz	www.orbitz.com	2.37%	6
8	FareCompare	www.farecompare.com	1.78%	9
9	STA Travel NZ	www.statravel.co.nz	1.75%	-
10	Agoda.co.nz	www.agoda.co.nz	1.67%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	6.69%	1
2	stuff.co.nz - Travel	www.stuff.co.nz/travel	5.93%	6
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	4.51%	5
4	Yahoo!xtra - Travel	nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com	4.41%	3
5	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	3.84%	4
6	HolidayHouses.co.nz	www.holidayhouses.co.nz	3.32%	7
7	AA New Zealand Travel Guide	www.aatravel.co.nz	2.82%	9
8	Jasons Travel Media	www.jasons.co.nz	2.40%	10
9	Book A Bach	www.bookabach.co.nz	2.37%	8
10	Travelbug	www.travelbug.co.nz	1.71%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	38.98%	1
2	Air New Zealand - grabaseat	www.grabaseat.co.nz	23.06%	2
3	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	8.30%	3
4	My Air New Zealand	www.myairnz.co.nz	7.07%	4
5	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	3.34%	9
6	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	2.88%	5
7	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	2.59%	6
8	Emirates	www.emirates.com	2.39%	7
9	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	1.64%	8
10	Air New Zealand - Global Site	www.airnz.com	1.21%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via rook76/Shutterstock

Air France closes in on EasyJet – Top France travel sites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:52:52 +0000

EasyJet is just a fraction ahead of rival Air France in the list of leading airline websites in France, after massive surge last week by the national carrier.

Air France piled on an additional 4.5% market share to its previous tally, moving it within 1% of EasyJet which had a more modest gain of 1%.

But with the dot-com Air France site combined, the carrier is now ahead of EasyJet in the rankings.

Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Voyages-sncf.com	www.voyages-sncf.com	13.81%	1
2	EasyVoyage.com	www.easyvoyage.com	8.80%	2
3	Promovacances.com	www.promovacances.com	7.20%	3
4	Voyage Priv	www.voyage-prive.com	4.34%	4
5	eDreams France	www.edreams.fr	4.14%	5
6	Jetcost.com	www.jetcost.com	3.20%	7
7	opodo France - Billet d'avion	billetavion.opodo.fr	2.84%	6
8	Look Voyages	www.look-voyages.fr	2.73%	8
9	www.vol24.fr	www.vol24.fr	2.68%	-
10	GoVoyages.com	www.govoyages.com	2.66%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	ViaMichelin France	www.viamichelin.fr	13.54%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	6.47%	3
3	EasyVoyage.com	www.easyvoyage.com	6.25%	2
4	TripAdvisor France	www.tripadvisor.fr	4.20%	4
5	Abritel	www.abritel.fr	3.31%	5
6	Routard.com	www.routard.com	2.47%	6
7	Gralon	www.gralon.net	2.24%	8
8	L'Officiel des vacances	www.officiel-des-vacances.com	2.23%	7
9	Homelidays.com	www.homelidays.com	2.12%	10
10	Communes.com	www.communes.com	1.48%	-

Airlines

Rank	Websites	Domain	Visits Share	Previous Position
1	easyJet.com	www.easyjet.com	25.17%	1
2	Air France - France	www.airfrance.fr	24.02%	2
3	Ryanair	www.ryanair.com	12.87%	3
4	Corsairfly	www.corsairfly.com	3.50%	4
5	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	www.klm.com	3.01%	5
6	Lufthansa	www.lufthansa.com	2.25%	-
7	Air France	www.airfrance.com	2.20%	7
8	Vueling Airlines	www.vueling.com	2.19%	8
9	Royal Air Maroc	www.royalairmaroc.com	1.74%	-
10	Emirates	www.emirates.com	1.60%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Wotif loses top spot to TripAdvisor – Top Australia travel websites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:00:01 +0000

TripAdvisor has overtaken Wotif in the list of most popular travel websites in Australia, despite not securing any increase in market share last week.

Wotif lost around a third of a market share percentage point over the same period, allowing TripAdvisor to move into the number one position.

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Webjet Australia	www.webjet.com.au	14.15%	1
2	Expedia Australia	www.expedia.com.au	12.03%	2
3	Flight Centre	www.flightcentre.com.au	8.75%	3
4	Lastminute.com.au	www.lastminute.com.au	5.08%	4
5	Best Flights	www.bestflights.com.au	3.43%	5
6	Jetabroad	www.jetabroad.com	2.42%	6
7	Travelzoo Australia	www.travelzoo.com/au	2.28%	-
8	Airfares Flights Australia	www.airfaresflights.com.au	2.07%	7
9	ZUJI Australia	www.zuji.com	1.92%	8
10	EscapeTravel	www.escapetravel.com.au	1.72%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor - Australia	www.tripadvisor.com.au	5.92%	2
2	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	5.83%	1
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	4.83%	3
4	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	4.09%	4
5	Stayz	www.stayz.com.au	3.47%	5
6	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	1.92%	8
7	Agoda Australia	www.agoda.com.au	1.87%	7
8	Totaltravel.com	www.totaltravel.com	1.39%	6
9	Agoda.com	www.agoda.com	1.11%	10
10	ExplorOz.com	www.exploroz.com	1.02%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	23.32%	1
2	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	19.26%	2
3	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	18.54%	3
4	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	5.06%	4
5	Emirates	www.emirates.com	3.63%	5
6	Tiger Airways	www.tigerairways.com	3.26%	6
7	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	3.24%	7
8	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	1.73%	8
9	Malaysia Airlines	www.malaysiaairlines.com	1.56%	10
10	Air New Zealand - Australia	www.airnz.com.au	1.53%	9

Search Terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	google maps	1.62%	0.03%	99.97%	1
2	jetstar	1.02%	0.91%	99.09%	2
3	webjet	0.73%	0.14%	99.86%	3
4	qantas	0.73%	33.02%	66.98%	4
5	maps	0.66%	0.21%	99.79%	5
6	wotif	0.59%	5.40%	94.60%	6
7	flight centre	0.53%	52.50%	47.50%	7
8	metlink	0.48%	0.12%	99.88%	8
9	singapore airlines	0.34%	13.27%	86.73%	-
10	whereis	0.33%	0.00%	100.00%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

TripAdvisor dominates hotel category – Top Canada travel sites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:14:28 +0000

Three of out five leading positions in the list of top Canadian destination and accommodation websites now below to TripAdvisor.

The Canada, France and global site capture a massive 16% market share in the category, three times as much as Booking.com and almost eight times bigger than Hotels.com.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia Canada	www.expedia.ca	13.54%	1
2	itravel2000	www.itravel2000.com	5.74%	2
3	Flight Network	www.flightnetwork.com	4.73%	3
4	Red Tag Vacations	www.redtag.ca	4.49%	4
5	Sunwing	www.sunwing.ca	3.86%	5
6	Voyages Arabais	www.voyagesarabais.com	3.45%	6
7	Hotwire	www.hotwire.com	3.14%	8
8	Tripcentral.ca	www.tripcentral.ca	2.88%	7
9	Travelocity Canada	www.travelocity.ca	2.69%	9
10	SellOffVacations.com	www.selloffvacations.com	2.49%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor Canada	www.tripadvisor.ca	10.20%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	5.37%	2
3	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.49%	3
4	TripAdvisor France	www.tripadvisor.fr	2.63%	5
5	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	2.53%	4
6	BookIt.com	www.bookit.com	1.75%	6
7	Vacation Rentals by Owner	www.vrbo.com	1.53%	7
8	Princess Cruises	www.princess.com	1.50%	-
9	City of Toronto	www.toronto.ca	1.49%	9
10	Monarc.ca	www.monarc.ca	1.28%	10

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air Canada	www.aircanada.ca	26.11%	1
2	WestJet	www.westjet.com	25.67%	2
3	Air Transat	www.airtransat.com	6.79%	3
4	Allegiant Air	www.allegiantair.com	3.97%	4
5	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	2.64%	5
6	Porter	www.flyporter.com	2.63%	-
7	Delta Air Lines	www.delta.com	2.26%	7
8	Southwest Airlines	www.southwest.com	1.67%	-
9	Air Canada Employee Travel Site	travel.aircanada.com	1.66%	6
10	Spirit Airlines	www.spiritair.com	1.63%	9

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Search sites make their mark – Top UK travel sites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:47:55 +0000

Four out of ten websites in the intermediary/agency category of leading travel web brands in the UK are search sites, with Skyscanner leading the pack.

All four sites – Skyscanner, Cheapflights, Travelzoo and Travelsupermarket – increased their market share last week as others such as Thomas Cook and TravelRepublic saw slight decreases.

Market leader Thomson is still managing to hold off the threat of Expedia, with around a third of a percentage point over its rival.

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

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Thomson	www.thomson.co.uk	7.60%	1
2	Expedia.co.uk	www.expedia.co.uk	7.25%	2
3	Thomas Cook	www.thomascook.com	5.70%	3
4	Lastminute.com	www.lastminute.com	4.51%	4
5	TravelRepublic.co.uk	www.travelrepublic.co.uk	4.08%	5
6	First Choice	www.firstchoice.co.uk	3.11%	6
7	skyscanner	www.skyscanner.net	2.78%	7
8	Travelzoo UK	www.travelzoo.com/uk	2.69%	9
9	Cheapflights.co.uk	www.cheapflights.co.uk	2.57%	8
10	travelsupermarket.com	www.travelsupermarket.com	2.46%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor UK	www.tripadvisor.co.uk	12.30%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	7.15%	2
3	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.16%	3
4	LateRooms.com	www.laterooms.com	2.53%	4
5	Premier Inn	www.premierinn.com	1.97%	6
6	Travelodge UK	www.travelodge.co.uk	1.86%	5
7	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	1.51%	7
8	Owners Direct	www.ownersdirect.co.uk	1.29%	8
9	Time Out	www.timeout.com	1.22%	10
10	Holiday Lettings	www.holidaylettings.co.uk	1.22%	9

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	easyJet.com	www.easyjet.com	17.91%	1
2	Ryanair	www.ryanair.com	13.95%	2
3	British Airways	www.britishairways.com	12.12%	3
4	Flybe	www.flybe.com	5.32%	7
5	Jet2.com	www.jet2.com	5.15%	4
6	Virgin atlantic	www.virgin-atlantic.com	5.02%	6
7	Monarch.co.uk	www.monarch.co.uk	4.76%	5
8	Thomson Airways	flights.thomson.co.uk	3.31%	8
9	flythomascook.com	www.flythomascook.com	2.79%	9
10	bmibaby	www.bmibaby.com	2.58%	10

Travel search terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	google maps	0.97%	0.47%	99.53%	1
2	thomas cook	0.65%	35.51%	64.49%	2
3	easyjet	0.64%	2.69%	97.31%	3
4	national rail	0.58%	1.15%	98.85%	5
`5	ryanair	0.52%	1.25%	98.75%	4
6	tfl	0.46%	1.25%	98.75%	6
7	travelodge	0.42%	30.50%	69.50%	8
8	thomson	0.41%	1.43%	98.57%	7
9	aa route planner	0.40%	0.54%	99.46%	-
10	trainline	0.39%	45.24%	54.76%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Southwest pulls away from Delta – Top US travel sites, January 28 2012

Tnooz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:22:23 +0000

Southwest has consolidated its position at the top of the list of leading airline websites in the US as both Delta and American Airlines lost market share last week.

The carrier added another 0.75% market share to its previous tally as Delta and AA shed around 0.25% each.

Meanwhile, USA Today’s brief flirtation with the top ten in the destination and accommodation category has ended, dropping out after hitting the heady heights of fourth spot.

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 28 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia	www.expedia.com	12.07%	1
2	priceline.com	www.priceline.com	8.87%	2
3	Yahoo! Travel	travel.yahoo.com	7.94%	7
4	Orbitz	www.orbitz.com	7.06%	3
5	Kayak	www.kayak.com	6.05%	5
6	Travelocity	www.travelocity.com	5.86%	4
7	CheapOair	www.cheapoair.com	5.71%	6
8	Hotwire	www.hotwire.com	5.19%	8
9	bookingbuddy	www.bookingbuddy.com	2.57%	9
10	Cheap Tickets	www.cheaptickets.com	2.32%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	8.58%	1
2	Marriott International	www.marriott.com	2.80%	3
3	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	2.80%	2
4	Vacation Rentals by Owner	www.vrbo.com	2.32%	5
5	Hilton Hotels Online	www.hilton.com	2.08%	6
6	Booking.com	www.booking.com	2.04%	8
7	Carnival Cruise Lines	www.carnival.com	2.03%	9
8	InterContinental Hotels Group	www.ichotelsgroup.com	1.90%	7
9	Southwest Airlines Travel Guide	travel.southwest.com	1.74%	-
10	BookIt.com	www.bookit.com	1.49%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Southwest Airlines	www.southwest.com	23.02%	1
2	Delta Air Lines	www.delta.com	11.97%	2
3	American Airlines	www.aa.com	9.54%	3
4	JetBlue Airways	www.jetblue.com	7.84%	4
5	Continental Airlines	www.continental.com	6.39%	5
6	US Airways	www.usairways.com	5.49%	7
7	United Airlines	www.united.com	5.48%	6
8	AirTran Airways	www.airtran.com	4.75%	8
9	Allegiant Air	www.allegiantair.com	3.91%	9
10	Spirit Airlines	www.spiritair.com	3.32%	10

Travel search terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	mapquest	4.32%	0.01%	99.99%	1
2	google maps	1.52%	0.30%	99.70%	2
3	southwest airlines	1.29%	30.98%	69.02%	3
4	maps	0.78%	1.52%	98.48%	5
5	expedia	0.75%	51.13%	48.87%	6
6	travelocity	0.69%	51.88%	48.12%	4
7	map quest	0.56%	0.00%	100.00%	7
8	southwest	0.54%	36.41%	63.59%	-
9	american airlines	0.53%	7.75%	92.25%	10
10	google earth	0.52%	17.09%	82.91%	9

NB: Data couresy of Experian Hitwise

European hotel prices – January to March 2012

Tnooz — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:55:52 +0000

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in Europe.

This set covers January to March 2012, taken on the third week of January (all rates are in US dollars for two adults for a one-night stay).

Three star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Amsterdam	Jan	24.71	145.29	HEM HOTEL AMSTERDAM
	Feb	24.58	141.83	HEM HOTEL AMSTERDAM
	Mar	41.61	180.75	HEM HOTEL AMSTERDAM
Barcelona	Jan	31.20	111.65	CATALONIA RUBENS
	Feb	37.58	125.62	CATALONIA RUBENS
	Mar	45.51	133.29	HESPERIA SANT JOAN SUITES HOTEL
Dublin	Jan	32.18	99.11	AVALON HOUSE
	Feb	34.46	98.96	AVALON HOUSE
	Mar	45.08	109.99	ASPECT HOTEL PARK WEST (DAYS HOTEL PARK WEST)
Edinburgh	Jan	38.98	106.04	JURYS INN
	Feb	52.97	126.31	PIRIES HOTEL
	Mar	57.70	124.75	HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WATERFT
Helsinki	Jan	41.61	140.44	AVA
	Feb	41.61	127.28	AVA
	Mar	41.61	125.97	AVA
London	Feb	37.69	138.79	RUSS HILL HOTEL
	Mar	43.66	149.92	EXP HOLIDAY INN DARTFORDBRIDGE
Madrid	Feb	36.41	129.22	BEST WESTERN HOTEL FLORIDA
	Mar	36.41	118.58	BEST WESTERN HOTEL FLORIDA
Paris	Feb	50.07	193.76	SAINT LOUIS BASTILLE HOTEL PARIS
	Mar	45.51	166.03	SAINT LOUIS BASTILLE HOTEL PARIS
Rome	Feb	23.59	113.23	TREVI
	Mar	39.01	107.56	RESIDENZA VILLA MARIA HOTEL ROME
Venice	Feb	32.26	104.07	CENTRALE HOTEL VENICE
	Mar	35.76	109.23	CLUB
Zurich	Jan	75.34	237.85	HOLIDAY INN ZURICH MESSE
	Feb	83.95	227.58	X-TRA HOTEL
	Mar	83.95	262.03	X-TRA HOTEL

Four star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Amsterdam	Feb	50.72	188.00	EDEN AMSTERDAM MANOR
	Mar	62.07	236.52	NOVOTEL AMSTERDAM AIRPORT
Barcelona	Feb	27.22	166.45	GALLERY HOTEL BARCELONA
	Mar	58.52	166.22	RAFAEL BADALONA HOTEL
Dublin	Jan	46.16	128.74	HILTON DUBLIN AIRPORT
	Mar	46.16	135.24	HILTON DUBLIN AIRPORT
Edinburgh	Jan	45.22	148.14	HOLIDAYINN EDINBURGH CITY WEST
	Feb	56.14	167.14	HOLIDAYINN EDINBURGH CITY WEST
	Mar	63.16	155.94	APEX EUROPEAN
Helsinki	Jan	62.42	188.56	CUMULUS HAKANIEMI
	Feb	62.42	169.27	PARK KAPYLA
	Mar	62.42	171.31	PARK KAPYLA
London	Feb	46.78	254.38	PICCADILLY HOTEL
	Mar	54.91	258.61	HOTEL THISTLE HEATHROW
Madrid	Feb	49.41	145.69	CROWNE PLAZA MADRID AIRPORT HOTEL
	Mar	44.86	142.39	CROWNE PLAZA MADRID AIRPORT HOTEL
Paris	Mar	72.82	285.44	MERCURE PARIS GARE DE LYON
Prague	Feb	23.84	88.43	DUO HOTEL PRAGUE
	Mar	23.84	91.68	DUO HOTEL PRAGUE
Rome	Feb	32.06	172.30	FLAMINIO VILLAGE BUNGALOW PARK
	Mar	42.91	162.55	IDEA HOTEL ROMA NOMENTANA
Venice	Feb	40.92	170.35	LE BOULEVARD
	Mar	41.61	193.58	LOCANDA NOVO HOTEL VENICE
Zurich	Jan	87.17	285.20	AIRPORT BEST WESTERN
	Feb	87.17	276.02	AIRPORT BEST WESTERN
	Mar	101.43	327.89	AIRPORT BEST WESTERN

Five star [click for larger image]:

City	Check In Month	Minimum Rate	Median Rate	Cheapest Hotel in the City
Amsterdam	Feb	90.82	346.70	RADISSON SAS HOTEL AMSTERDAM AIRPORT
	Mar	97.20	373.59	RADISSON SAS HOTEL AMSTERDAM AIRPORT
Barcelona	Feb	101.76	346.88	GRAN HOTEL LA FLORIDA
	Mar	131.34	369.75	REY JUAN CARLOS I
Dublin	Jan	78.02	247.07	THE LOMBARD TOWNHOUSE
	Feb	115.24	273.08	RADISSON SAS ST. HELENS
	Mar	132.53	291.27	RADISSON SAS ST. HELENS
Edinburgh	Jan	97.46	302.19	THE CHESTER RESIDENCE
	Feb	97.46	327.47	THE CHESTER RESIDENCE
	Mar	112.32	296.28	FRASER SUITES EDINBURGH
Helsinki	Jan	108.58	279.58	HILTON HELSINKI VANTAA AIRPORT HOTEL
	Feb	108.58	268.70	HILTON HELSINKI VANTAA AIRPORT HOTEL
	Mar	108.58	268.03	HILTON HELSINKI VANTAA AIRPORT HOTEL
London	Feb	140.34	482.26	PLAZA ON THE RIVER CLUB AND RESIDENCE HOTEL
	Mar	146.97	475.85	MARRIOTT WEST INDIA QUAY
Madrid	Feb	98.83	273.08	OCCIDENTAL MIGUEL ANGEL HOTEL & URBAN SPA MADRID
	Mar	98.83	263.82	OCCIDENTAL MIGUEL ANGEL HOTEL & URBAN SPA MADRID
Paris	Feb	126.14	617.69	HYATT REGENCY PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE HOTEL
	Mar	129.39	669.70	HYATT REGENCY PARIS-CHARLES DE GAULLE HOTEL
Prague	Jan	70.22	199.60	IMPERIAL PRAGUE
	Feb	70.22	187.68	IMPERIAL PRAGUE
	Mar	71.52	188.27	CORINTHIA
Rome	Feb	107.76	427.79	CASA HOWARD (SISTINA)
	Mar	103.16	410.92	PARCO DEI PRINCIPI
Venice	Jan	79.32	372.39	SAN CLEMENTE PALACE VENICE
	Mar	79.32	407.58	SAN CLEMENTE PALACE VENICE
Zurich	Jan	115.20	740.44	MOVENPICK ZURICH-AIRPORT
	Feb	136.54	650.46	MOVENPICK ZURICH-AIRPORT
	Mar	135.60	650.13	MOVENPICK ZURICH-AIRPORT

NB: RateGain specializes in competitive price intelligence and rate shopping solutionas for hotels, online travel companies and airlines. It currently tracks more than one billion hotel rates every month across countries in US, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Latin America.

NB2: The above data is indicative in nature and RateGain can’t be held liable for its accuracy or usefulness for any purpose.

GOL makes massive push at the top – Top Brazil travel sites, January 21 2012

Tnooz — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:52 +0000

GOL is consolidating its strong position at the head of the leading travel websites in Brazil and putting clear water between it and rival carrier TAM.

The market leader added a further 4% market share on its previous week, as TAM lost 2.75% of its own.

The gap between the pair 11% share of traffic, a far cry from two weeks ago when TAM was just 1% behind GOL.

Most popular travel websites in Brazil for the week ending January 21 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Decolar	www.decolar.com	21.10%	1
2	ViajaNet	www.viajanet.com.br	17.02%	2
3	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	14.98%	4
4	Submarino Viagens	www.submarinoviagens.com.br	13.64%	3
5	CVC	www.cvc.com.br	7.89%	5
6	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	5.72%	6
7	Americanas Viagens	viagens.americanas.com.br	3.32%	7
8	Melhores Destinos	www.melhoresdestinos.com.br	2.99%	8
9	Rapi10	www.rapi10.com.br	2.06%	10
10	Que Tal Viajar?	www.quetalviajar.com	2.00%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Hotel Urbano	www.hotelurbano.com.br	16.19%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	12.14%	2
3	Trip Advisor Brasil	www.tripadvisor.com.br	7.54%	3
4	Mundi Buscador de Viagens	www.mundi.com.br	6.18%	4
5	Alugue Temporada	www.aluguetemporada.com.br	4.90%	5
6	Ferias	www.ferias.tur.br	4.60%	6
7	ShopF cil Travel	wwws.shopfacilviagens.com.br	4.29%	7
8	Hotels Combined	www.hotelscombined.com	3.01%	-
9	EcoViagem	ecoviagem.uol.com.br	2.63%	9
10	UOL Viagem	viagem.uol.com.br	2.57%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes	www.voegol.com.br	35.93%	1
2	TAM	www.tam.com.br	24.78%	2
3	Azul	www.voeazul.com.br	8.12%	3
4	Smiles Mileage Program	www.smiles.com.br	6.73%	4
5	TRIP Linhas Aereas	www.voetrip.com.br	6.19%	5
6	Webjet Brasil	www.webjet.com.br	5.01%	6
7	Avianca Brazil	www.avianca.com.br	3.19%	7
8	Tam Viagens	www.tamviagens.com.br	1.47%	8
9	Passaredo Linhas Aereas	www.voepassaredo.com.br	1.16%	9
10	LAN Airlines	www.lan.com	0.77%	10

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Air auction site climbs back – Top New Zealand websites, January 21 2012

Tnooz — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:00:41 +0000

Air New Zealand‘s GrabASeat auction site has clawed some ground back on the main website after increasing its market share in the list of leading airline websites in New Zealand.

GrabASeat gained almost an extra 1.75% share of the airline category traffic on the previous week, as the mothership lost 2% of its own over the same period.

Rival carrier Jetstar also added 0.75% market share to its tally.

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 21 2012:

Agencies

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia.co.nz	www.expedia.co.nz	13.22%	1
2	Webjet New Zealand	www.webjet.co.nz	12.81%	2
3	House of Travel	www.houseoftravel.co.nz	11.25%	3
4	Flight Centre New Zealand	www.flightcentre.co.nz	6.46%	4
5	Jet Abroad - NZ	www.jetabroad.co.nz	3.52%	5
6	Kayak	www.kayak.com	2.30%	7
7	Orbitz	www.orbitz.com	2.12%	6
8	Agoda.co.nz	www.agoda.co.nz	1.91%	-
9	STA Travel NZ	www.statravel.co.nz	1.76%	9
10	FareCompare	www.farecompare.com	1.62%	10

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	6.43%	1
2	stuff.co.nz - Travel	www.stuff.co.nz/travel	5.05%	2
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	4.38%	3
4	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	4.21%	4
5	HolidayHouses.co.nz	www.holidayhouses.co.nz	3.87%	6
6	Yahoo!xtra - Travel	nz.totaltravel.yahoo.com	3.58%	5
7	Book A Bach	www.bookabach.co.nz	2.93%	8
8	AA New Zealand Travel Guide	www.aatravel.co.nz	2.79%	7
9	Jasons Travel Media	www.jasons.co.nz	2.52%	9
10	Travelbug	www.travelbug.co.nz	1.67%	-

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	35.91%	1
2	Air New Zealand - grabaseat	www.grabaseat.co.nz	24.09%	2
3	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	9.52%	3
4	My Air New Zealand	www.myairnz.co.nz	4.62%	4
5	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	3.54%	5
6	Emirates	www.emirates.com	3.42%	8
7	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	3.30%	6
8	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	3.27%	7
9	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	2.07%	9
10	Cathay Pacific	www.cathaypacific.com	0.76%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via rook76/Shutterstock

Qantas banishes memory of Virgin threat – Top Australia travel websites, January 21 2012

Tnooz — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:04 +0000

Just two weeks after seeing its biggest domestic rival come within a whisker of taking its crown, Qantas has managed to put clear water between it and Virgin Australia.

Qantas is now around 4.5% market share ahead of Virgin after adding 1.75% to its previous tally. Virgin lost a 1% share of the airline category over the same period.

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending January 21 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Webjet Australia	www.webjet.com.au	13.36%	1
2	Expedia Australia	www.expedia.com.au	11.80%	2
3	Flight Centre	www.flightcentre.com.au	9.38%	3
4	Lastminute.com.au	www.lastminute.com.au	5.76%	4
5	Best Flights	www.bestflights.com.au	2.83%	5
6	Jetabroad	www.jetabroad.com	2.40%	6
7	Airfares Flights Australia	www.airfaresflights.com.au	2.11%	7
8	ZUJI Australia	www.zuji.com	2.00%	8
9	Kayak	www.kayak.com	1.82%	10
10	travel.com.au	www.travel.com.au	1.79%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Wotif.com	www.wotif.com	6.20%	1
2	TripAdvisor - Australia	www.tripadvisor.com.au	5.92%	2
3	Booking.com	www.booking.com	4.73%	3
4	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.95%	4
5	Stayz	www.stayz.com.au	3.67%	5
6	Totaltravel.com	www.totaltravel.com	2.12%	7
7	Agoda Australia	www.agoda.com.au	2.01%	6
8	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	1.61%	8
9	HotelClub	www.hotelclub.com	1.08%	-
10	Agoda.com	www.agoda.com	1.07%	6

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Qantas	www.qantas.com.au	23.18%	1
2	Jetstar	www.jetstar.com	18.24%	2
3	Virgin Australia	www.virginaustralia.com	17.62%	3
4	AirAsia	www.airasia.com	7.33%	4
5	Emirates	www.emirates.com	3.68%	5
6	Tiger Airways	www.tigerairways.com	3.44%	6
7	Singapore Airlines	www.singaporeair.com	3.02%	7
8	Air New Zealand	www.airnz.co.nz	2.20%	8
9	Air New Zealand - Australia	www.airnz.com.au	2.04%	9
10	Malaysia Airlines	www.malaysiaairlines.com	1.55%	10

Search Terms

Rank	Search Term	Percentage of Clicks	Percentage Paid	Percentage Organic	Previous Position
1	google maps	1.60%	0.07%	99.93%	1
2	jetstar	1.01%	0.88%	99.12%	2
3	webjet	0.77%	0.06%	99.94%	3
4	qantas	0.76%	15.14%	84.86%	4
5	maps	0.65%	0.18%	99.82%	6
6	wotif	0.64%	4.11%	95.89%	5
7	flight centre	0.52%	49.63%	50.37%	7
8	metlink	0.44%	0.14%	99.86%	10
9	airasia	0.37%	5.52%	94.48%	-
10	air asia	0.36%	7.51%	92.49%	9

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Air Canada takes top spot from WestJet – Top Canada travel sites, January 21 2012

Tnooz — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:17:58 +0000

Changing of the guard at the top of the list of leading airline websites in Canada as WestJet loses out to rival carrier Air Canada again.

WestJet had been clinging on in recent weeks, but a drop of just over 3% market share saw it finally move under Air Canada, which had a nominal increase of its own of 0.25%.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending January 21 2012:

Agency

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Expedia Canada	www.expedia.ca	13.86%	1
2	itravel2000	www.itravel2000.com	5.22%	3
3	Flight Network	www.flightnetwork.com	4.40%	2
4	Red Tag Vacations	www.redtag.ca	4.31%	4
5	Sunwing	www.sunwing.ca	3.71%	5
6	Voyages Arabais	www.voyagesarabais.com	3.45%	6
7	Tripcentral.ca	www.tripcentral.ca	2.99%	7
8	Hotwire	www.hotwire.com	2.61%	8
9	Travelocity Canada	www.travelocity.ca	2.53%	9
10	priceline.com	www.priceline.com	2.35%	-

Destinations and Accommodation

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	TripAdvisor Canada	www.tripadvisor.ca	10.13%	1
2	Booking.com	www.booking.com	5.34%	2
3	TripAdvisor	www.tripadvisor.com	3.43%	3
4	Hotels.com	www.hotels.com	2.79%	4
5	TripAdvisor France	www.tripadvisor.fr	2.43%	5
6	BookIt.com	www.bookit.com	2.22%	6
7	Vacation Rentals by Owner	www.vrbo.com	1.63%	7
8	InterContinental Hotels Group	www.ichotelsgroup.com	1.41%	-
9	City of Toronto	www.toronto.ca	1.37%	8
10	Monarc.ca	www.monarc.ca	1.25%	10

Airlines

Rank	Website	Domain	Percentage of Visits	Previous Position
1	Air Canada	www.aircanada.ca	27.03%	2
2	WestJet	www.westjet.com	25.91%	1
3	Air Transat	www.airtransat.com	6.65%	3
4	Allegiant Air	www.allegiantair.com	3.98%	4
5	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	acaeronet.aircanada.ca	2.41%	5
6	Air Canada Employee Travel Site	travel.aircanada.com	1.98%	6
7	Delta Air Lines	www.delta.com	1.95%	-
8	Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air	www.alaskaair.com	1.69%	8
9	Spirit Airlines	www.spiritair.com	1.68%	-
10	American Airlines	www.aa.com	1.65%	-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.