The company’s top ten Hottest Destinations for 2010 list contains only two short-haul destinations, compared with six in 2009.
The list is compiled from year-to-date bookings for 2010 departures and the top ten, in no particular order, are: Istanbul, Honolulu, Miami, Cape Town, Las Vegas, New York, Orlando, Rome, Venice and Dubai.
For 2009, the top destinations were: New York, Las Vegas, Dubai, Amsterdam, Rome, Istanbul, Prague, Dublin, Paris and London.
Ben Reynolds, head of marketing for ebookers.com, said: ‘This year’s list reveals that people are still visiting old favourites such as New York and Rome, but that travellers are keen to head further afield.
‘We hope this will give travellers inspiration for their next holiday and whether it’s short-haul or far flung destinations, ebookers.com offers great savings on hotels, flights and holiday packages for 2010.
‘With England making it through to the World Cup we knew there would be an increase in flights heading to South Africa, but what the current 2010 bookings data shows is that people are waiting until nearer the event to book hotel accommodation – which could leave thousands of football fans short of somewhere to sleep,’ he added.
ebookers' top ten flight-only destinations for 2010 are: Perth, Hong Kong, Tenerife, Dubai, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Orlando, Las Vegas, New York and Bangkok.
And the top ten hotel destinations for 2010 are: Honolulu, Pattaya, London, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Sydney, New York and Las Vegas.
Related articles from e-tid.com:
Thomson/FC identify next year’s hotspots (03/12/2009)
TC says the rand is grand (08/12/2009)
Brits focus on long-haul (07/08/2009)
‘Long-haul is new short-haul’, claims survey (20/07/2009)
And see also:
ebookers simplifies to three-region structure (11/12/2009)
ebookers adds tour operator packages (19/10/2009)
ebookers improves hotel functionality (09/09/2009)
New platform drives ebookers’ growth (06/08/2009)