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28% uplift in car hire search volumes, short-haul destinations see biggest rise
Car rental search volumes in August saw a 28% uplift on May levels and queries for vehicle hire in short-haul destinations saw the biggest increase, reveals the latest research from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight.
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Sharp rise in online travel searches
Results from the latest Greenlight search pattern research suggest tour operators in the UK could be in for a bumper summer, with 3.1 million holiday-related searches conducted on Google in February. This compares to just 1.2 million in November.
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Hotel agents continue to outcompete chains in online search
Findings from research by Greenlight, the UK’s leading independent specialist search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) consulting firm, suggest travel consumers are not as worried about the recession as they were last year.
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Five-fold rise in online searches for flights to short haul destinations
A report out today by Greenlight, the UK’s leading independent specialist search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) consulting firm, reveals that UK consumer online searches for flights to short haul destinations in March 2010 totalled 24.4 million, almost five times greater than December 2009 totals, which stood at 5.3 million.
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Online car-hire search drops consecutively from June through to September
The number of car-hire related searches made by UK-based consumers online, dropped between June-September, reveals a new report by Greenlight, the UK’s leading independent search marketing agency.