eyefortravel.com - Travel Distribution News, Events and Analysis: "TheTrainline today announce the appointment of Ian Chaplin, previously Head of UK Distribution at Eurostar, to the role of Projects and Implementation Manager within TheTrainline's Corporate Sales "
eyefortravel.com - Travel Distribution News, Events and Analysis: "Active Hotels has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Advences. (4/21/2004)
Advences acts as a content provider and distributor, powering travel agency and tour operator websites across France and other countries.
Via an extranet developed by Advences, travel agencies and tour operators will download the Active Hotels content database so that the hotel information is automatically branded to each agencys unique requirements."
eyefortravel.com - Travel Distribution News, Events and Analysis:
European Online Travel Sales Increase by 43%
Online travel sales increased by as much as 43% from 2002 to 2003 and reached EUR 11.2 billion in the European market in 2003 - or 5.2% of the market (up from EUR 7.8 billion. or 3.7% in 2002).
"A further increase of about 29% during 2004 to about EUR 14.4 billion may be expected (6.4% of the market).
The W. European online travel market could reach EUR 20.2 billion or 8.5% of the market by 2006.
The UK accounted for 39% of the European online travel market in 2003, with Germany in second place at 21%.
The intermediaries gained 1.5 percentage points to 36% during 2003, but the direct sellers still account for 64%.
In 2003 the breakdown of the market by type of service was as follows:
� Air travel 57.6%
� Hotels 15.8%
� Package tours 13.3%
� Rail 8.7%
� Rental cars 2.5%
� Other services 2.1%
Air travel dropped its share from 59.2 to 57.6% during 2003, whereas hotels increased their share from 14.4 to 15.8%.
Package tours started slowly regaining online share in 2002, and continued in 2003. "
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