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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Results of the latest poll - Booking.com is leading

Back in September 07, I have created a poll asking this question:

"You decide to go for a weekend breakaway in Rome next week, you need a hotel ...where would you go instantly?"

More than 150 of you have responded to the poll (remember you could only vote once and can only give one answer) and I believe this is time to reveal the results and close the poll.

21% of the responded have chosen Booking.com

20% would start their search on Google

18% have opted for other options not listed on suggested answers (TripAdvisor, Choice Hotels, ReserveHotels, Ebookers, Rates2Go, Travelgator, Vinivi...)

...which leads to prove that the online hospitality world is not resumed to the big 4 OTAs)

10% would rather look at the hotel / hotels owned websites

Surprisingly enough, none of you would look at lowcost airlines websites such as Ryanair or Easyjet.

Thanks again for participating in the poll.

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It is really a pity that most of these travel companies focus to much on price and price alone. While evoking the right emotions at a travel website is a very interesting strategy. In our latest research we found out that by using the correct design, images and through the development of specific online applications they are able to sell more trips and increase the customer satisfaction.
More info at www.sotopia.com/book

We work with Booking.com as an affiliate because conversion visits/bookings are higher than rest of tour operators.

I'm sure "Booking.com" will go increasing their bookings in few years because it's best solution for costumers.

I can't think the same for hotels and web sites.

Anybody intends to attend the 2008 Olympic Games can go to http://www.madeinchina.com to book a hotel.

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