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	<title>Hitwise Blog &#187; Travel</title>
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		<title>Family Travelers Seek Out Deals and Packages</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/07/13/family-travelers-seek-out-deals-and-packages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/07/13/family-travelers-seek-out-deals-and-packages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Illiano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[family travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer travel plans are well underway for most and it’s particularly a very popular time for family travel. Catering to families is  a smart strategy for many in the travel industry, and there’s growing evidence that even in these tough economic times the family vacation has become more important than ever—with families working hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AirTran and Southwest Audience Compatibility</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/24/airtran-and-southwest-audience-compatibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/03/24/airtran-and-southwest-audience-compatibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demographics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AirTran&#8217;s shareholders approved Southwest Airlines&#8217; proposed acquisition on Wednesday, which was originally announced last year in September. The buyout will expand Southwest&#8217;s lead in market share of visits online among airlines, where their website already consistently ranks first in the US. The deal will further entrench Southwest&#8217;s position in southern states and also expand its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Travel &#8211; ITA Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/07/google-travel-ita-acquisition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/07/google-travel-ita-acquisition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google Thursday announced an agreement to acquire ITA Software, a flight information software company. We at Hitwise have been waiting for such an announcement for some time. In 2006 when Google Finance was launched, we looked at the top downstream industries from Google and noticed an obvious gap: Travel. Then again in 2008, when Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Brings Canadian Travel Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/28/summer-brings-canadian-travel-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/28/summer-brings-canadian-travel-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Heading into the season for summer vacations, visits to a PhoCusWright Canada Travel custom category comprised of 720 websites are up 6% for the week ending June 26, 2010 as compared to the previous week. The sub-categories within Travel that experienced the highest week-over-week upticks were Car Rentals (+15%), Cruises (+8) and Reviews and Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United and Continental Merger</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/03/united-and-continental-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/03/united-and-continental-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 12:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[United and Continental Airlines announced their plans to merge today and the combination of the two airlines will create the world&#8217;s largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic. Together United and Continental will surpass Delta with 21% of seats in the U.S. market after the acquisition of Northwest in 2008. Among US Internet visitors, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online luxury travel flash sales</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/04/26/online-luxury-travel-flash-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/04/26/online-luxury-travel-flash-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flash sales online have continued to grow in popularity, particularly in the apparel and home categories as new entrants emerge to compete with Gilt Groupe, RueLaLa, HauteLook and others. Visits to a custom category of 17 websites offering Online Flash Sales increased 235% year-over-year for the week ending April 24, 2010. Last year, the Gilt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Break: Canadian Students Leave Plans to the Last Minute</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/03/24/march-break-canadian-students-leave-plans-to-the-last-minute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/03/24/march-break-canadian-students-leave-plans-to-the-last-minute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students across Canada recently enjoyed a week off for March Break and Hitwise data indicates many left plans to the last minute. Last week, searches that included the words &#8220;march break&#8221; increased 4 fold compared with four weeks ago. While the exact week off varies by province, last week, Ontario students enjoyed their break, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Searching for Winter Escapes</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/19/canadians-searching-for-winter-escapes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/19/canadians-searching-for-winter-escapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With no end in sight to winter and the charm of the ever-mounting snow banks wearing off, Canadians are turning to the web to book winter escapes. Visits to Travel websites have seen a sharp increase over the past two weeks. Canadian Internet visits were up 34% to Travel websites in the two weeks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airfare impact on Thanksgiving travel plans</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/23/airfare-impact-on-thanksgiving-travel-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/23/airfare-impact-on-thanksgiving-travel-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/11/23/airfare-impact-on-thanksgiving-travel-plans/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the PhocusWright conference in Orlando, Florida, I had the pleasure of presenting with Rick Seaney, the CEO of FareCompare. One topic that we discussed is the impact of changing airfares and capacity upon the upcoming Thanksgiving travel season. There has been significant coverage in the media about many travelers not flying during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Canadian Travel Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/16/top-canadian-travel-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/16/top-canadian-travel-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canada is home to one national airline (Air Canada), a major regional carrier (Westjet), a few low cost carriers and international competition on international routes. One might expect Canadians to head directly to AirCanada.com to make bookings, however, Hitwise data reveal that Canadians continue to compare deals across carriers, in particular using online travel agencies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flight Searches Vary Dramatically by Engine</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/08/19/flight-searches-vary-dramatically-by-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/08/19/flight-searches-vary-dramatically-by-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/08/19/flight-searches-vary-dramatically-by-engine/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We often hear about how search engines compare in market share of searches or relevance of search results but what about query content? Analysis of query content for the travel category reveals that the search terms consumers use on the leading search engines (Google.com, Bing.com and Search.Yahoo.com) vary greatly. Take for example the following Hitwise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Cheapskate Travellers</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/07/23/canadian-cheapskate-travellers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/07/23/canadian-cheapskate-travellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems we Canadians are cheapskates when it comes to travel. The qualifier &#8220;cheap&#8221; is a popular one to include in searches in all of the markets we monitor. In Canada, there were 1,746 different search terms that included the word &#8220;cheap&#8221; in the twelve weeks to June 27, 2009. Looking at that list of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Agencies Suffer Rampant Price Comparing</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/03/travel-agencies-suffer-rampant-price-comparing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/03/travel-agencies-suffer-rampant-price-comparing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/06/03/travel-agencies-suffer-rampant-price-comparing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Orbitz and Travelocity have announced that they will follow Expedia in eliminating fees for booking flights over the Internet. A few years ago we noticed that Travel Agencies see one of the highest levels of comparison shopping, measured by clickstream traffic. Looking at upstream visits to Travel Agencies, we see that 30% come from other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Swine Flu Wipe Out Mexico Vacations?</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/05/01/will-swine-flu-wipe-out-mexico-vacations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/05/01/will-swine-flu-wipe-out-mexico-vacations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/05/01/will-swine-flu-wipe-out-mexico-vacations/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current economic conditions has impacted the travel industry and according to PhoCusWright, revenues are projected to decline 3% to reach $93 billion for the online leisure/unmanaged business travel market in 2009 (the first decline since tracking began in 1998). While the economy is hitting the travel industry and forcing cutbacks in spending, there has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Airlines Sale Boosts Traffic Levels</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/03/26/southwest-airlines-sale-boosts-traffic-levels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/03/26/southwest-airlines-sale-boosts-traffic-levels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines launched a summer sale two weeks ago with one-way prices on domestic flights as low as $49. The site&#8217;s share of US Internet visits have since jumped 22%. An article in yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal describing some of the challenges the airline is facing mentioned that after logging a 12% increase in revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TripAdvisor launches flight searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/02/27/tripadvisor-launches-flight-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/02/27/tripadvisor-launches-flight-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today TripAdvisor launched a new section on the website to provide users with the functionality to search for flights and compare prices. This latest offering provides TripAdvisor with an opportunity to drive additional revenue through advertising revenue on the pages and referral fees for booking. TripAdvisor already attracts a substantial audience and ranked 11th in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount High Most Searched for Ski Hill. Tahoe Suffers from Downturn.</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/01/28/mount-high-most-searched-for-ski-hill-tahoe-suffers-from-downturn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/01/28/mount-high-most-searched-for-ski-hill-tahoe-suffers-from-downturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A story from The Economist about ski resorts caught my eye (okay, I am a bit behind in my reading &#8211; the story was from the double issue in December). The article said that the economy has hit ski resorts in the Rockies hard as consumers look for options closer to home to avoid costly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise Deals Searches Soar</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/13/cruise-deals-searches-soar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/11/13/cruise-deals-searches-soar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We on the Hitwise analyst team have been on the hunt for recession proof categories. Last week I thought I spotted another such category &#8211; Cruises. Visits to Cruises websites are up 7% year over year. However, further digging revealed that it isn&#8217;t the category as a whole that is up but rather interest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JetBlue eBay Auctions</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/09/17/jetblue-ebay-auctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/09/17/jetblue-ebay-auctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, JetBlue held a week long auction on eBay to sell over 300 airline tickets and vacation packages. All of the travel needs to be completed by October 6th, so these auctions provided an opportunity for JetBlue to quickly sell off unsold seats and packages. Prices started between five and ten cents, which helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Category Paid &amp; Organic Search Benchmarks</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/06/17/travel-category-paid-organic-search-benchmarks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2008/06/17/travel-category-paid-organic-search-benchmarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this second of two posts on the Travel report we issued last week, I wanted to share some findings from analysis we did on paid and organic traffic. In our analysis we noticed a huge difference in the ratio of paid and organic search traffic going to the various Travel sub-categories and to websites [...]]]></description>
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