The 2007 Quarter 3 Travel Report, released by Travelocity India - the online travel agency with the largest range of flights online in India - reveals Singapore, India's next door neighbour - was the most frequented hotel destination by Indian travellers booking hotels online so far in 2007.
This was closely followed by Delhi in the second place and Hong Kong in the third place. The report, released in Mumbai recently, shows Indians had a significant preference for Asian cities over the US or European popular destinations when it came to booking hotels online.
The report ranks cities based on the number of hotel room nights booked online on Travelocity India until end-October in 2007, and compares these to Asia-Pacific regional trends.
The Q3 Travel Report revealed that travellers are using Travelocity India to book hotels all over the world including some of the world's top metros like New York, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, London and others.
Reacting to the 'trend report', Himanshu Singh, managing director, Travelocity India said, "Places like Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok are all-time favourites for Indians and the number of hotel bookings for the same have been on the rise.
"Travelocity India today allows Indians to make real-time bookings online for a wide range of hotel types in India and globally, for great value. This accounts for the steadily increasing good response from customers, along with the confidence of booking with a trusted, global brand in online travel."
"We expect the recent addition of 450 airline options to Travelocity India, including international LCCs, and our bouquet of exciting offers to further help travellers exploit with confidence the range of options at Travelocity.co.in as they begin to create their own package holidays online with dynamic packaging with us which meet their own individual schedules, budgets and interests," he added.
The Q3 Travel Trend Report also reveals that Indians plan their travel with very short lead time and prefer making very short visits. Of the total Asia Pacific hotel bookings made on Travelocity India 56 per cent of the Indians made the booking in the same week as the travel as compared to 31 per cent: the regional average for Q3 07. Travelocity India expects the booking lead time to lengthen for popular destinations with high occupancy.
Looking at inbound trends from Travelocity's global sites, Delhi ranked as the 13th most popular Asia Pacific hotel destination (by room nights) booked on Travelocity (North America) to end-October 2007.
