Top trending cities for winter and holiday travel

Travel Commerce Network – a global hub for travel technology, marketing, accreditation and education – has announced 2015/16 winter and holiday destination trending based on bookings made by travel agents via the CCRAtravel.com hotel booking engine. The top ten international  and domestic U.S. cities booked by travel professionals through CCRA’s hotel booking engine during the winter travel season are listed below. Additionally, the top 5 international  and U.S. destinations for hotel stays between December 19^th through January 10^th forecast where U.S. consumers are traveling during the busy Christmas and New Year’s Eve holiday weeks, and Paris is included as one of CCRA’s newly trending international holiday travel destinations.

Below are the list of cities, in descending order, which have received the greatest number of hotel bookings for arrivals between December 21, 2015 and March 18, 2016. A NEW designation indicates that the city is new to CCRA’s top trending destination list compared to hotel bookings made during the same winter travel periods in 2014/2015:

The Top 10 international cities for winter 2015/16 hotel stays

1. Panama City, PA
2. San Juan, PR
3. Sydney, AU
4. Cancun, MEX
5. Auckland, NZ **NEW
6. Boracay Island, PH
7. Toronto, CA **NEW
8. London, BR
9. Buenos Aires, AR **NEW
10. Rome, IT

The Top 10 U.S. cities for winter 2015/16 hotel stays

1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Orlando, FL
3. New Orleans, LA
4. San Mateo, CA **NEW
5. Anaheim, CA **NEW
6. Fort Lauderdale, FL
7. New York, NY
8. San Francisco, CA**NEW
9. Miami, FL
10. Honolulu, HI

Looking specifically at the holiday travel period of December 19^th, 2015 through January 10^th, 2016, the following cities have received the highest number of hotel bookings:

The Top 5 international cities for winter holiday travel

1. Rome, IT
2. Sydney, AUS **NEW
3. Paris, FR**NEW
4. Buenos Aires, AR **NEW
5. Cancun, MX

The Top 5 U.S. cities for winter holiday travel

1. Orlando, FL
2. Las Vegas, NV
3. New York, NY
4. Fort Lauderdale, FL
5. Long Beach, CA **NEW

“Based on our hotel booking trends report, warmer-weather coastal cities throughout California and Florida continue to be very popular U.S. winter travel destinations this year,” said Dic Marxen, President and CEO of CCRA. “Of particular interest are three new international cities that are luring more U.S. travelers this winter holiday season: Sydney, Buenos Aires and Paris. Following the recent terror attacks in Paris, our hotel bookings suggest that U.S. consumers have not cancelled their pre-arranged holiday trips to Paris. Even more during these tumultuous times consumers benefit from the support and expertise of travel professionals in providing expert advice, insightful recommendations and 24/7 assistance when planning overseas trips, especially during the busy holiday travel weeks.”