Net Travel Market Drops 21% Down Under.SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 2001 JAN 15 (NB) -- By John Stackhouse John Stackhouse is the name of:
Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to buy travel snapped up bargains in October and November. So there was no last minute dash for online travel tickets - research by the Red Sheriff group shows that in December local travel site traffic was down 21 percent on the previous month. Top travel site, qantas.com.au, was the month's biggest loser (jargon) loser - An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally). Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. , down 40.2 percent on November. Newcomer Virgin Blue, which ate into the Net discount arena, improved on November and then by only 2.8 percent. Red Sheriff says Australians still won't book online. More than half (54 percent) of Australian Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f say they consider buying tickets online, but in real life they are more likely to use the Web for flight information. Reported By Newsbytes.com, http://www.newsbytes.com |
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