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Travel Weekly's 2016 Consumer Trends
Travel Weekly's annual report on the way consumers research, shop and book travel, what they are doing and why.
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Introduction: The agent 'Advantage Gap' widens
This year's Consumer Trends report presents a powerful case for the value of the travel agency channel, with the "Advantage...
New business: Travelers browse the web to find agents
Consumers are overwhelmingly finding travel agents online, even more than through word-of-mouth recommendations.
Social media: Platform use keeps rising
Consumers who use travel agents are more likely than those who don't to use social networks for travel.
Agent trends: More use, more satisfaction with travel agents
As satisfaction ratings for travel agents go higher overall, the percentage of millennials enlisting their services has...
Business travel: 'Bleisure' is now more than a buzzword
Travel agents and destinations alike are tapping into the growing group of travelers who mix business with pleasure.
Air travel: More travelers fly, yet take fewer trips
Lower airfares are pushing a surge in flights taken, even as airport woes and low fuel prices have more people hitting the...
Mobile trends: Airline apps used for info, not purchases
Flyers are flocking to airline apps, using them for just about everything other than booking a flight.
Peer-to-peer: Youth drive growth of use of services like Uber, Airbnb
There is an age- and income-driven divide when it comes to usage of peer-to-peer services.
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Methodology: How we surveyed consumers
We surveyed 1,803 consumers who had taken one or more leisure trips requiring an overnight stay in the previous 12 months.
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