London tops GDS hotel booking list for Europe - TravelMole


London tops GDS hotel booking list for Europe

Wednesday, 19 Jun, 2002 0

London remained the top European city to be booked electronically through the GDSs during the first quarter of the year, according to Chicago-based data solutions firm TravelCLICK.

However the UK capital’s performance was down on the same period last year with the number of room nights booked down by 13% to 531,849 and average rates down by 13.4% to $187.34.

Paris also held its second position place, although the number of room nights booked to the French capital were down by 5.8% and average room rates were down by 11.3% compared to the first three months of 2001.

TravelCLICK points out that electronic booking growth for the European hospitality industry continued to be suppressed by the overall slowdown in global travel. Of the top ten European cities, only Madrid and Barcelona showed an increase in the number of room nights booked during the period – up by 1.1% and 3% respectively. Even so, both cities also saw room rates decline – by 12.3% (Madrid) and 8.7% (Barcelona).

The results were compiled from the TravelCLICK database, which includes hotel industry electronic distribution data from the Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, and Worldspan GDSs. It also comprises consumer online GDS hotel bookings made through major Internet travel sites including Expedia, Travelocity.co.uk and Opodo.com.

Top European Destination Markets
The top 10 destination markets for total GDS room nights in Europe during the first quarter were in order:

Rank

Rank

City

Room Nights

Yr. Over Yr. Growth

Average Rate

Yr. Over Yr. Growth

1

London

531,849

-13.0%

$ 187.34

-13.4%

2

Paris

290,761

-5.8%

$ 147.10

-11.3%

3

Frankfurt

114,777

-3.7%

$ 137.59

-9.5%

4

Amsterdam

107,338

-12.9%

$ 140.87

-11.3%

5

Munich

86,424

-12.0%

$ 115.93

-12.6%

6

Madrid

84,876

1.1%

$ 128.23

-12.3%

7

Stockholm

82,653

-13.4%

$ 141.64

-10.6%

8

Brussels

77,363

-7.5%

$ 136.05

-11.6%

9

Oslo

68,187

-18.4%

$ 108.35

1.3%

10

Barcelona

51,208

3.0%

$ 124.58

-8.7%

 



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