Agoda Reveals Travelers Pampering Themselves With More Upscale Stays to Ring in the New Year
December 16 2020 - 7:58AM
Business Wire
US travelers buck the trend, maintaining
preference for 1 to 3.5-star hotels
After almost a year of restricted travel, travelers are
indulging in more high-end stays this New Year’s Eve. According to
booking data from digital travel platform Agoda, 4 to 5-star hotels
are the accommodation of choice to ring in 2021 globally and saw an
increase of 13 percentage points as compared to 2019, pushing 1 to
3.5-star hotels down to second place this year.
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Travelers' top accommodation preferences
for New Year's Eve 2021 (Agoda)
Bucking the global trend, travelers from the United States, as
well as travelers from Taiwan and Thailand, maintained their
preference for 1 to 3.5-star hotels this New Year’s Eve, followed
by 4 to 5-stars hotels and non-hotel accommodation.
Korean and Singaporean travelers have maintained their desire
for 4 to 5-star hotels as the top choice this New Year’s Eve.
This year, travelers are also looking to get away from it all to
explore more diverse destinations than in 2019. Beach destinations
and coastal cities like Miami Beach (US), Langkawi (Malaysia), Quy
Nhon (Vietnam), Yeosu-si (Korea), as well as places known for their
natural beauty such as Cameron Highlands (Malaysia), Hua Lien
(Taiwan), Laguna (Philippines) and Sapa (Vietnam) climbed the ranks
to top 10 domestic destinations in respective markets for
staycations this New Year’s Eve.
“While 2020 might have upended many travelers’ plans, Agoda’s
data that 4 to 5-star hotels are most popular among New Year’s Eve
bookings this year shows us that there’s great desire among
travelers to pamper themselves and optimistically usher in the New
Year in style. We are heartened that travelers are not letting the
pandemic dampen their travel spirits, and are also spending the New
Year exploring domestic destinations less traveled, supporting
local tourism communities in those areas,” said Errol Cooke, Vice
President of Partner Services at Agoda.
Top Domestic Destinations for US
travelers
- Miami Beach and Music City Nashville are attracting US
travelers this year-end, moving popular cities Houston and San
Francisco off the list.
- Las Vegas continues to hold top spot.
New Year’s Eve 2019
New Year’s Eve 2020
1
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
2
Los Angeles
Orlando
3
Chicago
New York
4
Dallas
Atlanta
5
Orlando
Dallas
6
Houston
Chicago
7
New York
Miami Beach
8
Atlanta
Nashville
9
San Francisco
Phoenix
10
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Note to editors:
Agoda booking data was collated on 10 December 2020 for NYE
bookings in 2019, 2020.
About Agoda
From its beginnings as an e-commerce start-up based in Singapore
in 2005, digital travel platform Agoda has grown to offer a global
network of over 2.5 million properties in more than 200 countries
and territories worldwide, offering travelers easy access to a wide
choice of luxury and budget hotels, apartments, homes and villas,
to suit all budgets and travel occasions. In 2019, Agoda added a
flight product and packages to help make travel even easier.
Headquartered in Singapore, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings
(Nasdaq: BKNG) and employs more than 4,000 staff in 30 countries.
Agoda.com and the Agoda mobile app are available in 39
languages.
For more information, please contact press@agoda.com
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Serene Chow, Serene.chow@agoda.com
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