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PhoCusWright, Inc. Conducts European Travel Survey.


SHERMAN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999--

--PhoCusWright to unveil results at first European European

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Travel Industry Conference PhoCusWright LIVEurope99 in Brussels,

Belgium, 6-7 May --

PhoCusWright, Inc. announced plans to unveil results of the 1999 European Internet Travel Survey at PhoCusWright LIVEurope99, the first European online travel industry conference to be held 6-7 May at Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium.

PhoCusWright, Inc. is a leading strategy and research company for the online Internet travel marketplace.

"This is the first travel research project designed to reveal the impact of the Internet on the European travel industry, particularly air travel," said Philip C. Wolf C. Wolf is the official mascot of the Erie SeaWolves, a Minor League Baseball team in Erie, Pennsylvania. The SeaWolves are the Double A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team. C. Wolf's History
C. Wolf made his debut June 20, 1995, at Jerry Uht Park.
, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of PhoCusWright and conference producer. The survey will be released during a unique, interactive session whereby delegates at PhoCusWright LIVEurope99 will guess the results using electronic polling devices.

PhoCusWright, Inc. is polling 10 leading European airlines to gauge the aggressiveness and direction of their Internet strategies. This groundbreaking research will uncover investments, tactics and expectations for Internet eCommerce. Participating airlines include Air France Air France
 in full Compagnie Internationale Air France

French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde
, Sabena, Lauda Air, Lufthansa, British Airways British Airways
 in full British Airways PLC

International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines.
 and Icelandair.

Key areas to be covered by the PhoCusWright European survey include how the Internet will impact air sales, the amount of capital airlines are investing in eCommerce and which technology companies the airlines are partnering with on Internet projects.

This survey results will fuel projections on how and when the European airlines will put their Internet initiatives into place and offer travellers incentives to book trips on their Web sites. The survey results will gauge the impact of those airline programs on the European Internet travel industry and serve to help travel companies prepare for major market shifts.

Results from the 1998 Travel eCommerce Survey were revealed at PhoCusWright Live98 held this past November in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. , US. The survey concluded that 18% of "wired travellers, " adult Americans who have travelled by air in the past year and visited a Web site in the past month, have purchased travel via the Internet. Building on the knowledge gained, PhoCusWright LIVEurope99 will expand its focus to Internet travel in Europe.

Travel executives and online marketplace leaders from Europe will gather at PhoCusWright LIVEurope99 to share insight, debate strategies and project the future of online travel. Delegates from numerous cross-industry sectors and nations will profit from intense exposure to the dynamics of conducting business over the Internet in a global travel, tourism and hospitality marketplace.

A distinguished roster of 35+ international speakers representing the airline, hotel, cruise, agency, wholesale, technology, media and publishing sectors will address PhoCusWright LIVEurope99 delegates. Keeping with PhoCusWright Live tradition, now in its fourth year, Wolf will moderate all sessions from the floor with a wireless microphone A wireless microphone, as the name implies, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated.  and a cache of provocative questions in hand. The conference language is English.

Conference registration is USD USD

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 1295 for the two-day event. Delegates may register and reserve hotel rooms at www.phocuswright.com/liveurope99 or +44 (0)181 541 5657, +1 516 612-1217 or 800 726-5527 (US/Can). Sponsorship and exhibition information is available at www.phocuswright.com/liveurope99 or +1 860 350-4084.

PhoCusWright, Inc. is a leading independent strategy and research company that helps its clients understand the online Internet travel marketplace and make competitively advantaged decisions. We equip e·quip  
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, connect and motivate industry executives to advance their business with speed, confidence and clarity.

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 PhoCusWright Reports, the digital Insighter collection, strategy sessions, access to analysts, custom research, Internet archives See Wayback Machine and Web archiving.  and The PhoCusWright Yearbook. Additionally, LIVE and LIVEurope are the definitive forums for the online Internet travel marketplace.
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