Hitwise has revealed the top ten most popular UK travel websites in 2006 across five verticals - Agencies, Cruises, Destination and Accommodation, Maps, and Transport.
No huge surprises, but still interesting to see who’s leading the way.
Agencies:
1 Expedia.co.uk
2 Lastminute.com
3 Thomson.co.uk
4 Thomascook.com
5 Uk.Mytravel.com
6 Firstchoice.co.uk
7 Cheapflights.co.uk
8 Airline-Network.co.uk
9 Teletextholidays.co.uk
10 Travelsupermarket.com
Cruises:
1 POCruises.com
2 Cruisedeals.co.uk
3 Thecruisestore.co.uk
4 Fredolsencruises.com
5 Oceanvillageholidays.co.uk
6 Princesscruises.co.uk
7 !st4cruising.com
8 Royalcaribbean.co.uk
9 Islandcruises.com
10 Idealcruising.co.uk
Destinations and Accommodation:
1 Lastminute.com
2 Travelodge.co.uk
3 Activehotels.com
4 Superbreak.com
5 Ichotelsgroup.com
6 Gumtree.com
7 Laterooms.co.uk
8 Information-Britain.co.uk
9 PremierTravelInn.com
10 Tripadvisor.co.uk
Maps:
1 Multimap.com
2 Streetmap.co.uk
3 TheAA.com/travelwatch
4 Maps.Google.co.uk
5 RP.RAC.co.uk
6 Ordsvy.gov.uk
7 Maps.UK.ask.com
8 Mapquest.co.uk
9 UK.local.yahoo.com
10 Maps.yell.com
Transport:
1 Easyjet.com
2 Ryanair.com
3 Britishairways.com
4 Nationalrail.co.uk
5 BMIbaby.com
6 Thomsonfly.com
7 Thetrainline.com
8 Flybe.com
9 RAC.co.uk
10 Jet2.com
And here are the top ten searched-for brands in the UK (with EasyJet coming in fifth position):
1 Ebay
2 Bebo
3 Argos
4 Amazon
5 Easyjet
6 BBC
7 Autotrader
8 Tesco
9 Ebay UK
10 CBBC
Kevin May, editor, Travolution
Published by Travolution Blogger
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