Traffic increase across the mobile websites from travel-related clients during Bad Weather.
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New York, NY December 28, 2010
An increase in traffic up to 200% across the mobile websites during the Bad weahter of 2010:
This was, according the global technology leader Usablenet, the increase level of the traffic that travel-related clients generated using uablenet-powered mobile applications and websites to purchase bus tickets, reserve hotel rooms, check flight statuses, reschedule flights and doing other travel-related activities.
Over 50 major travel companies’ mobile websites are powered by Usablenet (including British Airways, American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, US Airways, Amtrak, Bolt Bus), and even hotel chains like Hilton Hotels, Omni Hotels, Wyndham Hotels, and Starwood Hotels.
The most popular devices used from travel clients to access the mobile sites where Apple’s iPhone and smartphones running Google’s Android operating system.
Is interesting to note that Android has surpassed Blackberry for the first time among business travelers.
“As travelers away from home are searching for the most up-to-date information regarding their itineraries, many of them are depending on mobile websites that are powered by Usablenet,” said Usablenet President Nick Taylor. “Due to the critical, and sometimes time-sensitive nature of this information, we take very seriously the ability of travelers to have a positive experience when accessing the mobile websites of our travel clients.”
About Usablenet
Usablenet is a global technology leader with nearly 200 Fortune 1000 clients. Usablenet’s transformative technology platform allows leading companies in the retail, hospitality, healthcare, energy, and other sectors to quickly deploy fully-functional and optimized versions of their website across multiple channels including mobile phones, mobile applications, tablet devices, Facebook and other social media, and in-store kiosks, with minimal impact to the client’s IT resources. Usablenet customers include top companies, such as American Airlines, FedEx, Delta, Hilton, Marriott, JetBlue, Sprint, Victoria’s Secret, Amtrak, and Estée Lauder. Founded in 2000, Usablenet is a private company headquartered in New York City with offices in Europe. For more information, visit us at http://www.usablenet.com or on Twitter @Usablenet.
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Posted by Amy Jenkins
on Jan 27 2011. Filed under Travel Press Releases.
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