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Online Agency Grows Subscriber Base by 60% in 2002
Online Agency now provides their Internet Marketing services to more than 3,200 Travel Agencies. New traffic statistics clearly place them in the lead of other Travel Agency networks, and very close to the vacation distribution of many major Travel Websites.
Austin, TX - Feb. 13, 2002 -- Bucking the trend for 2002, Online
Agency (OLA) www.onlineagency.com added more than 1,200 new Travel
Agencies during the year. This 60% growth brings the total number
of OLA subscribers to more than 3,200 while the overall number of
accredited retail agencies fell by 11%.
This growth in subscribers has helped OLA maintain its leadership
position as the largest Travel Agency distribution network on the
Internet. According to Alexa, a division of Amazon.com that
computes Internet traffic rankings, Online Agency's traffic far
exceeds that of other Internet distribution networks.
Company: URL Alexa Reach*
1. Online Agency OnlineAgency.com 111
2. Vacation Together vtagency.com 17.5
3. Passport Online latesttraveloffers.com 16.5
5. Taedge tagents.com < 1
For comparison purposes, the following are the Alexa reach numbers
for the vacation (cruise, tour, and packages) section of several major
Online Travel websites:
Company: URL Alexa Reach*
1. Travelocity leisure.travelocity.com 214
2. Yahoo yahoovacationstore.com 190
3. Orbitz cruises.Orbitz.com 158
4. Expedia (cruises only) cruises.expedia.com 137
5. Priceline (cruises only) pricelinecruiseoutlet.com 21.5
6. Ebay (Cruises only) vocruises.com 5
*The Alexa figures reported are from February 4, 2003, and
represent a running 1 week average for the number of visitors per
million users. To learn more about Alexa's traffic reporting,
visit:
http://pages.alexa.com/prod_serv/traffic_learn_more.html
"We are extremely happy with the growth of OLA and excited about
continuing to expand it through 2003," says Scott Owens, director
of Marketing for Online Agency. "The power of the Online Agency
Network comes from providing an open platform that benefits every
step of the sales channel (suppliers, consortia/franchises, Travel
Agencies, and consumers) and from listening very closely to our
customers over the last 4 years."
Online Agency is already showing signs of continued growth in
2003 with 5 new suppliers announced in January: Brendan Tours,
Globus & Cosmos, Royal Olympic Cruises, Insight Vacations, and
South Pacific Holidays. Additionally, OLA has announced plans for
a Destination product aimed at helping Tourism Boards, Suppliers,
and Agencies work together more closely.
About Online Agency:
Online Agency is a leading travel network and provider of tools
that enable Travel Agencies to easily create content rich
websites and automatically update those sites with the latest
travel sales and promotions from a network of over 65 major Cruise
Line, Tour Operator, and Resort suppliers. Over 3,200+ Travel
Agencies are already saving time and selling more travel by using
Online Agency. For more information on Online Agency visit:
http://www.onlineagency.com or call 1.866.489.4889.
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