Travel affiliates and suppliers reading Expedia’s and Travelocity latest year-end forecasts d will have to decide which online travel agency has ‘got it right’. In its fall Travel Trendwatch issue, Expedia.com depicts a rosy picture for price-driven travel consumers looking to book both air and hotels, while in its most recent data report, Travelocity shows […]
Tag Archives: Travel Affiliates
Expedia Says Down and Travelocity Says Up, So Who Should Travel Affiliates and Suppliers Believe?
October 2, 2009 – 11:07 am
Is Your Travel Affiliate Website Performing as Well as Other Online Travel Sites?
September 25, 2009 – 10:34 am
PhoCusWright and Compete suggest travel supplier and other online travel sites are bucking the broader travel industry downturn, but can travel affiliates claim the same? According to the just published Online Traffic and Conversion Report, a new study conducted by PhoCusWright (PCW) in partnership with Compete Inc., transactional website monthly traffic and conversion rates are […]
Are Travel Affiliates and Travel Agents Selling to the Same Travelers?
September 4, 2009 – 12:29 pm
Tripology’s latest Trend Report reveals travelers using travel agents have doubled their per trip travel budgets, leading us to ask whether travel affiliates are experiencing a similar upswing in their business. Tripology, an interactive travel referral service that sells pre-qualified vacation leads posted by leisure travelers on its site to specialist travel agents, conducts a […]
Rising Positive Travel Consumer Intentions Spell Good News for Travel Affiliates
August 14, 2009 – 9:44 am
According to the latest travelhorizons survey, consumers’ travel intentions are on the upswing; this suggests business should pick-up for travel affiliates and other players in the travel industry value chain. travelhorizons is a quarterly survey of the travel intentions of American consumers that are screened through “the lenses of emerging economic, social and political developments.” […]
Travelers Send Online Travel Players a Wake-Up Call
August 11, 2009 – 12:08 pm
I just finished reading excerpts from Forrester Research’s latest analysis of the U.S traveler’s online travel shopping experience, and to put it simply, the picture this noted market research firm paints is not pretty. This rather scathing report, Using Digital Channels To Calm The Angry Traveler, essentially calls for travel suppliers, online travel agencies and […]
Can Millennials Prop-Up the U.S. Travel Industry?
July 27, 2009 – 7:51 pm
Here’s some good news for the U.S. travel industry and travel affiliates…while Baby Boomers and Gen Xers may be stashing away their cash as a safeguard against the uncertain economy, it appears that the ‘Millennials’ are on a travel buying spree. According to a just-released survey from STA Travel, U.S. travelers between the ages of […]
New Caribbean Travel Market Research Resource for Travel Affiliates and Suppliers
July 24, 2009 – 1:04 pm
If you are a travel affiliate or a travel supplier selling (or thinking of selling) the Caribbean, then the CHTA’s new research repository should be of special interest. The CHTA (Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association) has just launched the CHTA Data Center, a ‘members only’ resource tool which provides destination-specific market research, surveys, reports, statistics, […]
Exploring Travel Affiliate Opportunities with iExplore
July 3, 2009 – 2:27 pm
What might make the ‘perfect’ adventure travel affiliate partner site? Thousands of pre-packaged adventure and experiential tours to choose from? Exclusive content that can be customized into privately-guided tours? A personalization engine? Telephone access to real, live expert and non-biased adventure consultants and seasoned world travelers for advice? Low price guarantee? A travel affiliate program […]
Capitalizing on US Traveler Vacation Trends – Insights for Travel Affiliates
July 2, 2009 – 11:00 am
The short-term prospects for the US vacation market seem a bit more promising, according to two just released surveys from Ypartnership, the travel and leisure industry advertising and public relations agency specialist. This is good news for travel affiliates and travel suppliers alike, and a look at the two survey’s findings can help both groups […]
Why Hostels Are a Good Play for Travel Affiliates: Follow-Up
July 1, 2009 – 10:48 am
Last Friday, June 26th, we published a feature story on the burgeoning hostel industry which included an overview of several of the major booking sources for hostels worldwide, and the opportunities this travel niche represents for travel affiliates. We received a lot of positive feedback about the post, as well several comments from our readers […]