Online Travel & Tourism (Market Report 2012)

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UK ONLINE TRAVEL & TOURISM INTELLIGENCE REPORT

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Latest findings from our 'Online Travel & Tourism' intelligence report, which was presented by Chief Commercial Officer, Glen Conybeare, at Travolution Summit on 22nd November 2012.

Transcript of Online Travel & Tourism (Market Report 2012)

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UK ONLINE TRAVEL & TOURISM

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

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MY TASK

500 pieces of insight

Delivered in 15 minutes

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WHAT DRIVES SEARCH VOLUME?What’s driving search volume?

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GENERIC KEYWORDS

• Just 13 keywords drive 50% of the search volume for the top 1,000 terms

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CHEAP BUYS VOLUME

46% of top 1000 keywords = ‘cheap’

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Location Matters

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The big hitters

Holidays, Flights & Hotels

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holidays

Holidays Sector

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Thomson

TravelSupermarket

First C

hoice

Thomas Cook

Direct

Holidays

Icelolly

Teletexth

olidays

BeatTheBroch

ure

The co-operative tr

avel0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

ORGANIC RANKINGSTop 10

generic & location terms

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Thomson

TravelSupermarket

First C

hoice

Thomas Cook

Direct

Holidays

Icelolly

Teletexth

olidays

BeatTheBroch

ure

The co-operative tr

avel0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

TUI DOMINANCE

TUI control

32% of the

‘click share’

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Thomson

TravelSupermarket

First C

hoice

Thomas Cook

Direct

Holidays

Icelolly

Teletexth

olidays

BeatTheBroch

ure

The co-operative tr

avel0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

ICELOLLY

Driven by

‘holiday’ and ‘cheap

holiday’

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PAID SEARCH

On the Beach

Sunmaster

Icelolly

Thomson

Teletext H

olidays

Travel Republic

Lowco

stholid

ays

Thomas Cook

Virgin Holid

ays

Dealcheck

er0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

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PAID SEARCH

On the Beach

Sunmaster

Icelolly

Thomson

Teletext H

olidays

Travel Republic

Lowco

stholid

ays

Thomas Cook

Virgin Holid

ays

Dealcheck

er0%

5%

10%

15%

20% Largest click

share for90%of generic terms

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PAID SEARCH

On the Beach

Sunmaster

Icelolly

Thomson

Teletext H

olidays

Travel Republic

Lowco

stholid

ays

Thomas Cook

Virgin Holid

ays

Dealcheck

er0%

5%

10%

15%

20%… and70%of top

location terms

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OVERALL

Thomson

Icelolly

Teletext h

olidays

Onthebeach

Thomas Cook

TravelSupermarket

Sunmaster

First C

hoice

Direct

Holidays

Travel Republic

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%Thomson

demonstrate a good

blended strategy

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flights

Flights Sector

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SOME GOOD NEWS….

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (est)0%

10%

20%

30% Search impression volume

growing

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ORGANIC RANKINGS

Cheap Flights

Skyscanner

Travel Superm

arket

Ryanair

OpodoJet2

Flybe

ebookers

Lastm

inute

Dial A Flig

ht0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

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ORGANIC RANKINGS

Cheap Flights

Skyscanner

Travel Superm

arket

Ryanair

OpodoJet2

Flybe

ebookers

Lastm

inute

Dial A Flig

ht0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30% Where have the

airlines gone?

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RISING FAST - LAST MINUTE

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Average position up

10 places

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PAID SEARCH

Cheap Flights

ebookers

eDreams

Dealcheck

er

BudgetAir

British

Airways

Travel Superm

arket

Booking Buddy

Travelzoo

KAYAK0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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PAID SEARCH

Cheap Flights

ebookers

eDreams

Dealcheck

er

BudgetAir

British

Airways

Travel Superm

arket

Booking Buddy

Travelzoo

KAYAK0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%Appear in

top 10 for 90% of

keywords

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PAID SEARCH

Cheap Flights

ebookers

eDreams

Dealcheck

er

BudgetAir

British

Airways

Travel Superm

arket

Booking Buddy

Travelzoo

KAYAK0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%BA the

only airlineBut organic ranking 20 th…

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Cheap Flights

Travel Superm

arket

Skyscanner

ebookers

eDreams

Budget Air

British

Airways

Ryanair

Booking Buddy

Travelzoo

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

OVERALLAggressive blended

strategy =

Big winner

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hotels

Hotels Sector

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“Hotels in London”38% increase in search volume

July 2011 vs July 2012

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ORGANIC RANKINGS

Lastm

inute

Late

Rooms

Premier In

n

Travelodge

Travel Superm

arket

Superbre

ak

Hotels.

com

Hotel D

irect

Booking.com

Expedia0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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ORGANIC RANKINGS

Lastm

inute

Late

Rooms

Premier In

n

Travelodge

Travel Superm

arket

Superbre

ak

Hotels.

com

Hotel D

irect

Booking.com

Expedia0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

44% of click share

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ORGANIC RANKINGS

Lastm

inute

Late

Rooms

Premier In

n

Travelodge

Travel Superm

arket

Superbre

ak

Hotels.

com

Hotel D

irect

Booking.com

Expedia0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

80% aggregators

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PAID SEARCH

Booking.com

Trivago

Lastm

inute

Late

Rooms

Expedia

Hotels.

com

Agoda

Accor h

otels

Travelzoo

Travel Superm

arket0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

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PAID SEARCH

Booking.com

Trivago

Lastm

inute

Late

Rooms

Expedia

Hotels.

com

Agoda

Accor h

otels

Travelzoo

Travel Superm

arket0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

65% more visibility than Trivago

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OVERALL

lastminute

.com

Late

Rooms

Booking.com

Trivago

Hotels.

com

Expedia

Travel Superm

arket

Premier In

n

Travelodge

Superbre

ak0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Top three50%

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Social Media

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Virgin Atla

ntic

Thomson

Thomas Cook

EasyJet

Late

Rooms

British

Airways

Booking.com

lastminute

.com

First C

hoice

Cheap Flights

Expedia

Premier In

n

Travel Lodge

Monarch

Icelolly

Skyscanner

TravelSupermarket

Ryanair

Teletext H

olidays

Superbre

ak0

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Engagement Score

Volume Score

VOLUME & ENGAGEMENT

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Virgin Atla

ntic

Thomson

Thomas Cook

EasyJet

Late

Rooms

British

Airways

Booking.com

lastminute

.com

First C

hoice

Cheap Flights

Expedia

Premier In

n

Travel Lodge

Monarch

Icelolly

Skyscanner

TravelSupermarket

Ryanair

Teletext H

olidays

Superbre

ak0

10

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Engagement Score

Volume Score

VOLUME & ENGAGEMENT

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GETTING THE MIX RIGHT

5th

1st

Volume

Engagement

1st

7th

Volume

Engagement

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32%

28%

20%

10%6%

4%

Competitions

Price and product promotions

Travel updates, advice and tips

Holiday reviews & feedback

Loyalty and reward schemes

Customer support

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT METHODS

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48% of all customer service engagement

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THE NEXT 450 INSIGHTS……

• All inclusive and packages• Cottages• Short city breaks• Villa• Ferry• Ski• Coach• More on Social Media

In 15 seconds...

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SUMMARY

65% of all adults research or buy online 35%

65%

Source: Mintel 2011

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the recipe for success

“Cheap” wins (but can be expensive)Location, Location,

Location

Simple Generics = Big Volume

Page 1 is critical

Social engagement really matters

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