Google has released its 2012 Traveler “Road to Decision” presentation. Good stuff. Here are the key takeaways you need to know:
- Travelers desire to define value continues to be strong. This was a big theme of my presentations to NGCOA and to HEDNA earlier this year.
- Leisure and business travelers prioritize search differently. This is new. In the past the differences between leisure and business were fairly minimal.
- Mobile is driving increased search query growth.
- Significant growth in both leisure (38%) and business (57%) traveler mobile access to travel information on the Internet.
- Oh, and both business and leisure travelers increasingly “don’t use a computer” to access that information (ignoring, of course, that mobile devices are computers.)
- A bad mobile website blocks bookings (#1 determining factor). Make sure you’re mobile enough.
- Video offers opportunity to differentiate your travel product.
I’ve included the whole presentation below. And, don’t forget, I’m available to speak about these trends at your next event.
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