It’s the third quarter of a turbulent 2009 and PhoCusWright subscribers are looking to keep an eye on the financial performance of the online travel market. Among the most downloaded items on www.phocuswright.com are Analyst Briefing: Travel & Finance Outlook 2009-2010 and Online Travel Preview: Expecting a Strong Performance in 2Q09 – two reports from the new PhoCusWright Financial Edition. The industry is also abuzz about the outlook for corporate travel, projected by PhoCusWright to decline significantly in 2009.  Analyst Briefing: The Changing Face of Corporate Travel, and PhoCusWright’s U.S. Corporate Travel Distribution Fourth Edition both made our top ten this month.

PhoCusWright’s Most Downloaded Items - August 2009

What’s Next for European Online Travel
Analyst Briefing: The Changing Face of Corporate Travel
PhoCusWright’s U.S. Corporate Travel Distribution Fourth Edition
Analyst Briefing: Travel & Finance Outlook 2009-2010
Online Travel Preview: Expecting a Strong Performance 2Q09
PhoCusWright’s Consumer Travel Report
The PhoCusWright Consumer Technology Survey Third Edition, Part One of Five
The PhoCusWright Consumer Technology Survey Third Edition, Part Two of Five
PhoCusWright’s Mobile: The Next Platform for Travel
U.S. Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition Update: 2009-2010

The download activity of PhoCusWright subscribers paints a picture of topics that are important to the industry this month. Hot topics are driven by current events, the timeliness of new research projects and buzz created by impactful and influential commentary. This top ten list is just one possible perspective of current travel trends.