22 Travel Stats to Start Your Work Week
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Below are 22 of the best data nuggets from the last week, to start your new week in travel:
Chinese travelers to U.S. will rise about 140% in next 4-5 years, India 54%, Colombia 56%, Brazil 50%! pic.twitter.com/qsGNtm0znF
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 1, 2014
Pretty amazing stat: 6 of Top 10 Global Internet Properties ‘Made in USA’…
>86% of Their Users Outside America pic.twitter.com/hODX1sk72r— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 1, 2014
Europe is roaring back into tourism growth in the first few months of 2014. Source: @etc_corporate. pic.twitter.com/Bd5q6mfp2p
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 1, 2014
Top 10 most expensive cities for hotel rooms, data from Bloomberg Index. pic.twitter.com/EZgAsR6WUs
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 1, 2014
When do airline fares drop most? Acc to @fareiq, it is tuesday off hours, based on its data analysis. pic.twitter.com/0RftVnNpBd
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 2, 2014
Iceland is burning up 2014 charts in Europe, highest growth rate of visitors, compared to 2013. Source: @ETC_Corpora… pic.twitter.com/6HJu0NXWgI
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 2, 2014
Americans are spending more on summer travel this year, acc to @AmericanExpress pic.twitter.com/rLyBQgUEES
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 2, 2014
On average, American summer travelers expect to visit 5 websites and spend nearly 6 hours planning their trips. Source: @AmericanExpress
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 3, 2014
“Friend-cations” are up this summer; 16% American travelers say they’ll hit road with group of friends (vs. 11% in 2013). @AmericanExpress
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 3, 2014
The crappy business of global airlines: Airlines expected to earn a net profit in '14 of $18bn for net profit margin of 2.4%. Source: @iata
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 3, 2014
Crappy airline biz: With net profit margin of just 2.4%, airlines will retain only $5.42 per passenger carried. Source: @iata
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 3, 2014
Smartphone travel bookings are up whopping 121% in U.S. since Jan 2013. Source: @adobeindex http://t.co/eYAh9XDRg8 pic.twitter.com/scmX0CetoP
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 4, 2014
Tablets have the largest share of mobile-device bookings in U.S. as it stands now, at 10%. Source: @adobeindex pic.twitter.com/kGjB0GJZvW
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 4, 2014
OTA-booking growth is up 25% in U.S. since Jan '13, car rental up 25% & hotel growth is up 23%. Source: @adobeindex http://t.co/mo1febk2ms
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 4, 2014
Here's how different types of U.S. hotels made out in 2013, pretty good year. Source: @STR_Global pic.twitter.com/g2IeANAalF
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 5, 2014
Females more likely to prefer the window seat (62% vs 59% overall) & men aisle seat (41% vs 38% overall) http://t.co/M5Wl8EPCk6
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 5, 2014
U.S. Hotel industry revenues topped abt $163 billion in '13, with profits $60 billion. Source: @STR_Global
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014
The top five flyer complaints about air travel, acc to Tripadvisor survey, not surprisingly seats are #1. pic.twitter.com/BIbiQF8fZN
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014
Airline are seeing more growth in booking on tablets than in smartphones. Source: @AdobeIndex pic.twitter.com/QHFvpyq9yc
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014
Car rental bookings on smartphones are up 75% since Jan. '13 in U.S., tablets only 12%. Source: @AdobeIndex pic.twitter.com/SWy5xNH2WY
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014
Q1 2014 set a new record for total online travel bookings of $61 billion in U.S. @AdobeIndex pic.twitter.com/e0zLL0VA7I
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014
Top 10 Most Popular Travel Brands on YouTube in May http://t.co/nP5tHqJCcF pic.twitter.com/44GY9W3EWM
— Skift Research (@skiftresearch) June 6, 2014