Cheaper to book hotels online
Travel Weekly"Traditional travel agencies' average daily rate for electronic hotel bookings in the third quarter was 31.6% higher than hotel nights booked by consumers online, according to TravelClick, the technology marketing company.
According to TravelClick, rates booked by agents averaged $127.95 per night in GDSs and Pegasus Solutions versus about $97.77 for consumers through Internet bookings. The findings were based on TravelClick's third-quarter eMonitor report, which tracks electronic hotel bookings through the four GDSs and third-party Web sites powered by Pegasus Solutions....(also) found that electronic hotel bookings worldwide through the GDSs and the Internet rose 4.7% in the third quarter as measured against the third quarter of 2003. The average daily rate in the quarter ending Sept. 30 increased 6% to $123.13, the report said."
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