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Travel websites hit by pre-Christmas shift

Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 0

Travel companies were over taken by high street retailers in the latest IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List.

The list ranks retail websites by popularity, according to the number of visits they get.

This pre-Christmas edition of the Hot Shops List is always characterised by rises in event tickets, fashion, groceries and computers.

But Hitwise said travel has fallen even further than it normally does at this time of year.

Here is the top 50 list:

1 Amazon UK www.amazon.co.uk

2 Argos www.argos.co.uk

3 Play.com play.com

4 Tesco.com www.tesco.com

5 Marks & Spencer www.marksandspencer.com

6 Amazon.com www.amazon.com

7 Next www.next.co.uk

8 Dell EMEA www.euro.dell.com

9 Tesco Direct direct.tesco.com

10 Ticketmaster UK www.ticketmaster.co.uk

11 Currys www.currys.co.uk

12 easyJet www.easyjet.co.uk

13 John Lewis www.johnlewis.com

14 ASOS www.asos.com

15 RyanAir www.ryanair.com

16 Expedia.co.uk www.expedia.co.uk

17 HMV.co.uk www.hmv.co.uk

18 lastminute.com www.lastminute.com

19 Ebuyer www.ebuyer.com

20 Apple Computer www.apple.com

21 GAME shop.game.net

22 Thomson Holidays www.thomson.co.uk

23 PC World www.pcworld.co.uk

24 Comet UK www.comet.co.uk

25 ASDA www.asda.co.uk

26 Woolworths UK www.woolworths.co.uk

27 B&Q www.diy.com

28 Debenhams www.debenhams.com

29 Boots www.boots.com

30 Topshop www.topshop.co.uk

31 Screwfix Direct www.screwfix.com

32 River Island www.riverisland.com

33 Odeon Cinemas www.odeon.co.uk

34 Littlewoods www.littlewoods.com

35 Sainsbury’s www.sainsburys.com

36 Toys ‘R’ Us – UK www.toysrus.co.uk

37 LOVEFiLM www.lovefilm.com

38 British Airways www.britishairways.com

39 QVCUK.com www.qvcuk.com

40 HP www.hp.com

41 Seetickets www.seetickets.com

42 Vue Entertainment www.myvue.com

43 Thomas Cook www.thomascook.com

44 The Orange Shop shop.orange.co.uk

45 IKEA www.ikea.com

46 New Look www.travelrepublic.co.uk

47 O2 Shop shop.o2.co.uk

48 Travelodge UK www.travelodge.co.uk

49 Carphone Warehouse www.carphonewarehouse.com

50 M and M Direct www.mandmdirect.com



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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