The primary trends identified are that travelers appear to be going lean and green by visiting national parks, hiking, and engaging in adventure activities. A greater amount of Americans said they will be environmentally conscious in their travel decisions in 2009.
TripAdvisor announced the results of its annual travel trends survey of more than 3,000 U.S. [...]
Forrester Research’s Henry Harteveldt told attendees at HEDNA’s Winter Meeting in New Orleans that despite the economic downturn, hotels can thrive in 2009, as online travel purchases will continue to rise
Yes, there are some sobering statistics about travel for fourth quarter 2008 and first quarter 2009, but Harteveldt believes there are brighter aspects that will [...]
…New York, by a slim margin.
First, thanks to everyone who voted in our impromptu poll on the location of the 2009 E-Tourism Summit. While everyone is entitled to an opinion about where the tourism marketing conference should be held, the democratic, but unscientific, voting process helped us decide on a location.
As the polls closed [...]
Thanks for voting, the poll has closed. It’s NYC by a nose…
According to most, this year’s E-Tourism Summit 2008 was not only a success, but also one of the highlights of the online marketing conference calendar. With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that several of you have searched for various keywords [...]
Not only are Americans flying less as the economy tanks, they’re spending less time scouting the Internet for travel deals, creating an unprecedented drop in traffic for online travel agencies like Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia. As consumer confidence reached historic lows in October, the volume of visitors to Web travel portals declined 14 percent, year [...]
