Travel Trends

With almost 50% of traffic numbers available, the February pax numbers are down by more than (2.4%)

As the recession sapped demand for travel, hotel operators got creative. They shut down restaurants, closed floors and even cut back on newspaper delivery to ride out the downturn.

European Cities Marketing (ECM) represents more than 100 major cities in 33 countries. An analysis of a representative sample of European cities conducted by the association shows that the European city tourism market has experienced a surprisingly fast recovery in visitor flows beginning in the second half of 2009.

The top seven remained unchanged from January 2010, with flights to New York remaining in position seven. Amsterdam moved up two places into 8th and Dublin moved up four places into 9th, likely due to more people booking cheap flights to Ireland for St Patrick’s Day.

German hotel brand partners with global online travel leader to support growth

ASTA’s 2010 Summer Hot Spots Survey Reveals Top 10 Choices

The industry is beginning to show signs of a recovery, with modest increases in revenue and forecasts of growing demand this year.

After a bumper 2009 for the British tourist industry, more and more people look set to stay at home for their holidays in 2010. This trend, which has been dubbed ‘Staycationing’ is on the rise according to family holidays specialist Haven.

5% Globally; 10.5% in Asia/Pacific and 1.2% in North America

AirPlus International, a global provider of corporate travel payment solutions, releases February’s The Wire…from AirPlus entitled: Beyond Airport Security. More than 70% believe that the global implementation of body scan technology will not hurt travel to the US and most agree that further concentration and collaboration internationally on the topic of traveler safety is necessary.