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Event Overview

The Online Travel Strategies Conference at our annual Travel Distribution Summit is the undisputed meeting place for the European Online Travel Industry. For 11 years, distribution, technology and e-commerce professionals from all sectors of the industry have attended this conference to learn about and debate the future of selling travel on the Web.

The latter part of 2008, going into 2009 has been a period of extreme economic uncertainty which calls for a united and well informed response from all travel companies. People will continue to travel, and what's more they will be turning to the internet in increasing numbers to get the most up to date information, and to find the best deals.

The stats that are emerging now already speak volumes about the trends we can expect in 2009 and beyond:

  • In the year to September 2008, 33% of TUI UK's mainstream business came from online, making it the tour operator's biggest sales channel.
  • Thomas Cook's recently launched e-commerce platform, Starfish, is helping increase conversion rates on thomascook.com by more than 300% and web sales in the UK have reached 27% of total bookings.
  • EyeforTravel Research indicates that 26% of all UK hotel rooms are now booked online and we predict this rate will continue to increase at 15% per year till 2011.
  • In a recent Expedia survey, 50% of respondents expect to save £250 on next year's holiday by booking their trip online, with 30% planning to switch from a traditional high street agent to an online source in 2009.

If you want to understand how to sell more of your travel product online, then you need to attend this conference.

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