One in five of all travel bookings made online in Europe within a year will be made via a mobile device, with the UK leading the way as the the most device-happy country.
This is the landmark statistic from a presentation made by PhoCusWright at the recent FITUR conference in Madrid, Spain, as the continent starts to fully embrace mobile devices.
The figure of 20% across leisure and corporate travel is almost double (up from 11%) the volume of bookings fulfilled on mobiles in online travel during 2013.
The UK is predicted to come in at 21% by 2015, with Italy at 20%, France and Germany with 18% and Spain and Scandinavia as a whole expecting some 17% of bookings via mobiles.
Europe as a whole, by the end of 2014, will have hit 15%. The UK stood at 13% in 2013. Read more
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One in five of all travel bookings made online in Europe within a year will be made via a mobile device, with the UK leading the way as the the most device-happy country.
This is the landmark statistic from a presentation made by PhoCusWright at the recent FITUR conference in Madrid, Spain, as the continent starts to fully embrace mobile devices.
The figure of 20% across leisure and corporate travel is almost double (up from 11%) the volume of bookings fulfilled on mobiles in online travel during 2013.
The UK is predicted to come in at 21% by 2015, with Italy at 20%, France and Germany with 18% and Spain and Scandinavia as a whole expecting some 17% of bookings via mobiles.
Europe as a whole, by the end of 2014, will have hit 15%. The UK stood at 13% in 2013.
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