The travel and tourism industry has been through exceptional upheaval and change. The travel business is now emerging as a more streamlined, efficient and focused industry. Passenger bookings have rebounded in both leisure travel and business travel. Many of the biggest, most successful firms are becoming extremely global in nature. Meanwhile, discount airlines such as Southwest Airlines and JetBlue continue to enjoy exceptional success.
On the hotel side, massive management firms, development companies and real estate investment trusts are gaining in scale and influence.
The booking of travel online is perhaps the most successful niche of all of the world's e-commerce efforts. Consumers use the Internet to become better informed and to seek bargains. Online sites like Expedia, Priceline and Orbitz steer millions of consumers toward specific airlines and hotels in a manner that lowers prices and improves satisfaction among consumers.
This is a complete travel and tourism market research and business intelligence tool-- everything you need to know about the business of hotels, resorts, airlines, discount airlines, Internet travel sites, cruise lines, travel agencies and more, including:
- Market research, competitive intelligence and business analysis for all travel and tourism business sectors
- Analysis of major hotel, hospitality and resort industry trends and developments, hotel and resort operators, developers, franchisors and management firms
- Cruise industry and cruise ship trends and statistics
- Airline industry analysis and trends, including discount airlines, regional airlines, national airlines and commuter airlines
- Entertainment destinations and theme parks
- Tour operators, travel services and travel consolidators
- The largest travel agencies
- E-commerce trends in the travel business, including online booking, ticket sales and research—as well as profiles of leading online travel companies such as Expedia and Orbitz
- Business travel and luxury travel
- Casino hotels and gambling destinations
- Car rental companies
- Passenger train operators
- Personal jet, air taxi and business jet trends
Whether you purchase the printed almanac or buy a subscription to the online edition, you will find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research tool in one superb, value-priced package.
We provide you with our famous industry trends analysis, statistical tables, and a glossary, along with a database of industry contacts including associations and professional societies. And you receive our proprietary, in-depth profiles of hundreds of leading companies in all facets of this industry—public and private companies, U.S. and non-U.S. based.
Electronic Access to Company Profiles: Our online data enables you to search, filter and view selected companies, and then export contact data into text or Excel, including executive names with titles, plus the company addresses and phone numbers.
Migration from CD-ROM to Online Tools: 2010 and earlier editions of our printed almanacs (published before June 2010) come with a CD-ROM that contains a complete database of company profiles. For 2011 editions (published June 2010 and later), we have migrated to a special set of online tools provided to book buyers at no additional charge. Buyers of these newer editions receive a form enabling them to register for 1-year, 1-seat online access to special tools at Plunkett Research Online, including the ability to view the market research/industry trends section and industry statistics. In this manner, you have online access the very latest data posted to Plunkett Research Online for one year. With either the CD-ROM or the online tools, you will be able to access the company profiles to search, view and export company data and contacts.
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