TravelCLICK Reports Third Quarter Electronic Booking Results For Top Asia-Pacific Markets
CHICAGO (18 November, 2002) - TravelCLICK released results today for third quarter hotel room nights in Asia-Pacific, booked electronically through the Global Distribution Systems (GDS). While all of the top ten Asian markets show improvement over 2001 for the quarter, comparisons to second quarter bookings show mixed results. The number of room nights booked increased over
second quarter 2002 in just half of the markets (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Seoul, Shanghai). Average daily rate for the third quarter was down from the second quarter in nine of the top ten markets.
The results were compiled from TravelCLICK's omprehensive database, which is the exclusive source of hotel industry electronic distribution data from the Abacus/Infini, Axess, Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, and Worldspan GDSs.
TravelCLICK's data also includes consumer online GDS hotel bookings made through many of the major Internet travel sites, such as Expedia.
Top Asia-Pacific Destination Markets
The top 10 destination markets for total GDS room nights in Asia-Pacific during the third quarter were, in order:
Rank City Room Nights Year-Over-Year Growth Average Rate Year-Over-Year
Growth
1 Sydney 151,140 7.9% $ 100.44 0.4%
2 Melbourne 132,594 12.5% $ 94.43 0.5%
3 Singapore 94,714 4.8% $ 115.91 -5.7%
4 Hong Kong 92,275 23.5% $ 151.69 -9.7%
5 Tokyo 90,385 8.9% $ 177.02 -1.6%
6 Beijing 42,284 41.7% $ 112.52 -5.1%
7 Brisbane 42,121 22.4% $ 80.42 5.4%
8 Seoul 38,449 13.5% $ 182.62 4.1%
9 Shanghai 37,964 79.1% $ 128.48 -3.1%
10 Perth 36,703 19.9% $ 73.88 -2.8%
Shanghai continues to show explosive growth over last year, with a 79% increase this quarter echoing the 75% increase in the second quarter. Beijing and Brisbane also continued with healthy growth rates, recording 42% and 22% growth respectively, year-over-year in room night bookings, said Jan Tissera, vice president of international sales for TravelCLICK.
To receive a free listing of third quarter results by top 50 cities worldwide in electronic bookings, please e-mail emonitor@travelclick.net.
GDS hotel booking summaries by individual local market are available for downloading on TravelCLICK's Web site: www.travelclick.net.
About TravelCLICK
TravelCLICK (www.travelclick.net) is the leading provider of solutions that help hotels and other travel industry suppliers improve revenue from electronic distribution channels. TravelCLICK's exclusive electronic marketing networks allow hotels and other travel related suppliers to target promotional messages to specific travel agents, consumers, and group meeting planners when they are booking travel. The company's competitive
benchmarking reports provide hotels with price ad booking performance information unavailable through any other source. Established in 1996 and headquartered in the Chicago area, TravelCLICK operates in more than 140
countries around the world.
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