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Below are 16 of the best data nuggets from the last week, to start your new week in travel:
Online travel agency/booking site year on year Unique Visitors traffic growth, source: Comscore/PiperJaffray pic.twitter.com/RtkWu1UWNj
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 20, 2014
Seems to be no relation between traffic decline of Expedia and booking growth on platform. Strange. pic.twitter.com/wiUMdvn9c5
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 20, 2014
Airbnb is now 5th most popular online travel booking site, and insanely addictive. http://t.co/HjaSNJOqi9 pic.twitter.com/8SWizzQGSV
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 21, 2014
Best quality wi-fi is at cheaper hotels, not higher priced. Source: http://t.co/gvYVAXG89w pic.twitter.com/nFDfEJ1vZI
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 23, 2014
These are the top 5 most speedy wi-fi hotels in New York City. Source: HotelWifiTest pic.twitter.com/32jDdQiWmT
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 23, 2014
Travel cos vary widely in how well they've replicated their success on Web in mobile environment. BCG/Comscore. pic.twitter.com/ZLF6Tp0zYM
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 24, 2014
Daily utility apps like Yelp far out-engage users than any travel apps. No wonder Priceline bought OpenTable. pic.twitter.com/7EdyvOidSq
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 24, 2014
24% Millennial travelers planning to take more overnight leisure trips in next 12 months, vs 14% planning fewer trips. Source: @mmgyglobal
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 25, 2014
How the Top 5 Online Booking Sites Compete on Mobile. http://t.co/JawYLN5tce pic.twitter.com/c2SKm0et4H
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 25, 2014
Among metasearch sites, Tripadvisor has highest % of PC users using its mobile properties. BCG/Comscore. pic.twitter.com/HKlENAw2Cr
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 24, 2014
Americans will spend record $100 billion on summer vacations in 2014, up 20% from the amount in 2013. http://t.co/CV30J6wS35
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 25, 2014
In Fortune 500 hospitality cos, here's how women employees are represented. Poorly at top levels. @thehotelschool pic.twitter.com/VYEDhWt1Ij
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 26, 2014
Here's how traffic on top booking sites in travel is trending, Expedia is slowing much faster than expected. Comscore pic.twitter.com/sj3kyKlN9r
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 27, 2014
Airbnb's traffic is rising the fastest among all the big online booking sites! Comscore. pic.twitter.com/vVRV0cwAEu
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 27, 2014
Future rise of smart travel agents: Asians more interested in personalization of travel. Source: @mastercardnews pic.twitter.com/zb49umrmtQ
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 27, 2014
Airport hotels in U.S. are going through a boomtime, occupancy at all time high. Source: @STR_Global pic.twitter.com/MRb8nIhgkh
— Daily Travel Stats (@skiftstats) June 28, 2014
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