Wotif.com is Australia’s top OTA for four straight months
21/08/2012 by WiT


Travel data from Experian Hitwise for July 2012 reveals Wotif.com, Jipiao.trip.taobao.com and Expedia Singapore dominate the OTA scene in their respective countries.

Australia
 
•  Wotif.com (12.35%) retained its title as the top online travel agency in Australia for the fourth consecutive
    month, with Webjet Australia (11.3%) and Expedia Australia (10.26%) following close behind.
•  In the destination and accommodation category, TripAdvisor Australia continued to lead the pack with 6.74%
   share of visits.
•  Qantas (26.44%) maintained its position as the top commercial airline for the second month running. It lost its
   place to Jetstar for the first time this year in May.

Hong Kong

•  The online travel scene in Hong Kong remained
   consistent for the month of July, with
   Jipiao.trip.taobao.com
   holding its place as the top online travel agency with
   13.49% share of visits. Its sister site trip.taobao.com
   (5.15%) also moved up the ranks from No. 54 to its current
   fourth placing.
•  Yahoo! Travel Hong Kong (7.66%) still reigned as the
   leading destination and accommodation website for
   Hong Kong travellers, while TripAdvisor dropped off the top three list to fourth position.
•  Similarly, Cathay Pacific continued to dominate the commercial airlines sector for the month with 33.14% share
   of visits.

Singapore

•  Expedia Singapore (10.64%) topped the list of online travel agencies in the island republic for the third
   consecutive month, followed closely by ZUJI Singapore with 10.42% share of visits.
•  On the online travel agency front, Agoda.com garnered more than a fifth of the visit share (22.53%) to clinch
   the top spot, further extending its lead ahead of TripAdvisor (6.19%) and Booking.com (4.85%).
•  Over in the Commercial Airline category, the top five websites for the month of July remained consistent –
   Tiger Airways (23.29%), Jetstar (15.52%), Singapore Airlines (12.96%), AirAsia (10.12%) and FlyScoot.com
   (6.8%).
 

Full details in slides below:

Experian Hitwise Travel Data – July 2012

Experian Hitwise Travel Data – July 2012 from Corinne Wan
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