Catering & Hospitality - Booking Trends

What’s New with Booking Trends?

January 0001

Catering & Hospitality - Booking Trends

What’s New with Booking Trends?

January 0001

The travel industry is about to undergo major changes and technology has a lot to do with it. This industry will continue to evolve to accommodate travelers for their hotel stays and keep up with all the trends that ensure satisfaction and high levels of comfort. Here are some of the major trends in the travel business that are expected to grow in 2018.

  • Airbnb

Airbnb is an American company which operates an online marketplace and hospitality service for people to find places to stay and book a unique travel experience.  Airbnb hosts share their spaces in 190 countries and more than 34,000 cities. All you have to do is enter your destination and travel dates into the search bar to discover distinctive places to stay, anywhere in the world. There are a few ways to book spaces on Airbnb. Some hosts want to get to know a guest before they confirm a reservation while others prefer to reduce the time it takes to manage requests by using Airbnb's Instant Book feature. Once you know where you’re traveling and whose space you'll be staying in, all you have to do is get going!

 

  • Review websites

Google, Facebook, and Yelp have taken it upon themselves to help travelers book safe and convenient trips by giving reviews about potentially sought after hotels. The biggest travel review site TripAdvisor has lost credibility and user loyalty after censoring rape allegations and refraining from giving those hotels an honest review. This all has given rise to competitiveness in the travel industry.

Chinese mobile bookings would be the third highest source of bookings in all of Asia

 

 

  • China Leads Mobile Travel Trends

A new Phocuswright report, The Mobile Travel Landscape 2016, analyzes smartphone usage across multiple regions, and highlights the most important mobile travel trends. Chinese mobile bookings would be the third highest source of bookings in all of Asia (after Chinese total and Japan). In the Washington Post, Douglas Quinby, senior vice president of research at Phocuswright, was quoted as saying, “China is far ahead of the rest of the world in mobile travel trends,” further adding that their “apps, payment services and other features are more advanced and widely accepted.”

 

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