TravelCLICK’s eMonitor results for the third quarter of 2005 show that worldwide electronic hotel revenue from the Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and key Internet sites combined was up 9.4%. Room nights from the electronic channels also increased 2.2% over the same period last year.
Travel agent bookings remained the dominant source of GDS and Pegasus hotel e-business, representing 80.3% of total room nights booked. Additionally the average rate for room nights were 32.6% higher than the average rate for room nights booked via the Internet.
On a year-to-date basis, travel agent hotel room nights via the GDS were up 5.5% from the same period in 2004.
Internet (consumer online) room nights displayed a loss of 12.5% compared to the third quarter of 2004. Year to date, the Internet component displayed a 2.2% growth in room nights compared to the first three quarters of 2004.
The top ten worldwide destination markets in room nights for GDS and Pegasus third-party powered websites, in order, were New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco area, Washington DC area, Chicago, London, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, and Houston.
