What are the top 5 offline travel agencies in North America and what %
of the market do they represent? What % of the market do small and
medium size agencies represent? Also, I would like the same info for
Europe. |
Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
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24 Apr 2006 10:55 PDT
Hello again Jason,
Since I can only provide you with partial U.S. and European data, I am
posting my findings here in the clarification box for you to review.
If this partial information is useful for you, just lower the price of
the question accordingly and I will post it as your answer.
Sincerely,
Bobbie7
U.S.
Top 10 travel agencies
1. CARLSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL
2. WORLDTRAVEL PARTNERS
3. OMEGA WORLD TRAVEL
4. TRAVEL & TRANSPORT
5. TZELL TRAVEL GROUP/CNG
6. WORLD TRAVEL, INC.
7. TRAVEL SOLUTIONS
8. ADELMAN TRAVEL GROUP
9. GARBER TRAVEL SERVICE
10. THE TRAVEL AUTHORITY
Defense Transportation Journal, August, 2005
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb076/is_200508/ai_n15006084
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Top 50 agencies
Number of employees, sales, developments and facts revenue are
provided for each one.
http://www.travelweekly.com/specialreports/powerlist/power.html
Size
?An ASTA study entitled ?Agency Profiles - October/November 2003?
shows that from 1998 to 2003 travel agencies are increasing in size.
Industry exit and consolidation, combined with increased use of
advanced technology, have reduced the number of small agencies while
the numbers of medium and large agencies have been growing over the
past five years. According to Travel Weekly?s 2003 Top 50 Travel
Agencies Survey, only three of the top 50 agencies have 100 or fewer
employees. These top 50 agencies account for over $73 billion in gross
travel sales.?
http://www.astanet.com/news/releasearchive04/06_14_04.asp
Europe
Top European travel agencies, 2002
Thomas Cook
My Travel
Rewe Touristic
First Choice
Kuoni
Club Med
Hotelplan
Alltours
Alpitour
European business Facts and figures
Published December 2004
Download Part 5:
Trade and tourism
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-BW-04-001-5/EN/KS-BW-04-001-5-EN.PDF
See Exhibit 2 Market Share of Main European Tour Operators, 2002
(total market size: approximately ?52 billion)
http://www.mercermc.com/Perspectives/Specialty/MOT_pdfs/Surviving_Crisis.pdf
THE EUROPEAN TOURISM INDUSTRY
This report, finalised in March 2004, was prepared by Rüdiger Leidner and
Marion Bender (graphics and layout) and published by the European Commission.
Page 77 - Figure 5.3.1.b: Market share of the main European tour operators, 2002
http://europe.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/lib-tourism/doc/european_tourism_industry.pdf
This publication provides the number of travel agencies in Europe.
Tourism - Statistical pocketbook - Data 2001-2004
The pocketbook of tourism statistics consists mainly of tables with
short texts highlighting key facts and features of tourism in Europe.
Information on recent policy issues is also provided. The pocketbook
covers the period 2001-2004 and includes information on all EU and
EFTA Member States and on the candidate countries.
For the number of travel agencies in Europe, see table 2.2 Enterprise
statistics - Number of enterprises Travel agencies
Release date: 07/02/06
Download here:
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-DS-05-001
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Clarification of Question by
jasongriffith-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 12:20 PDT
Thanks Bobbie. The key piece of information I am looking for here is
the market share of those players you mentioned. I have seen this
ranking before and I know those guys are big, I just don't know how
big they are compared to the entire market...Can you dig further?
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Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 12:25 PDT
Jason,
I'll see what else I can find.
Was the European data helpful?
MArket share is provided.
THE EUROPEAN TOURISM INDUSTRY
This report, finalised in March 2004, was prepared by Rüdiger Leidner and
Marion Bender (graphics and layout) and published by the European Commission.
Page 77 - Figure 5.3.1.b: Market share of the main European tour operators, 2002
http://europe.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/lib-tourism/doc/european_tourism_industry.pdf
Bobbie7
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Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 12:36 PDT
Jason,
I believe I discovered some great information for you in a cached
version of a report titled "Travel Agencies in the US" published on
January, 30, 2006.
Major Player Market Share Range
American Express Company 19.16% - 19.16% (2004)
Cendant Corporation 19.08% - 19.08% (2004)
Carlson Companies, Inc 18.00% - 18.00% (2004)
Maritz Inc 10.25% - 10.25% (2005)
InterActiveCorp 10.00% - 10.00% (2004)
priceline.com Incorporated 9.77% - 9.77% (2004)
Sabre Holdings Corporation 2.62% - 2.62% (2004)
Additional key statistics are available here:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:m0C7vXI3qAsJ:www.ibisworld.com/industry/summary.asp%3Findustry_id%3D1481%26chapter_id%3D6+American+Express+Company+Cendant+Corporation+Carlson+Companies,+Inc+Maritz+Inc+InterActiveCorp+priceline.com+Incorporated+Sabre+Holdings+Corporation&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Bobbie7
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Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 16:27 PDT
Jason,
I wanted to let you know that my answer has finally been removed from
your other question.
Here's the link.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=721437
Bobbie7
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Clarification of Question by
jasongriffith-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 16:59 PDT
Hi Bobby,
Thank you for your continued help on this. I appreciate the extra
digging and I realize this is tough stuff to get. The US part os
mostly what I need although the inclusion on online players such as
IAC and priceline dramatically skewes the market share data. On the
European side, its great data except that it is only for Tour
operators, and does not include agents or ticket consolidators. That
being said, I think this is still valuable. Would you be agreeable to
me reducing the Price to $50 and close this question?
Jason
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Request for Question Clarification by
bobbie7-ga
on
24 Apr 2006 17:01 PDT
Dear Jason,
$50 Sounds perfect!
As soon as you lower the price I will post my findings and close the question.
Bobbie7
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