Online holiday searches totalled 3.1 million at the latter end of 2011 and the African continent saw a surge of queries far exceeding those for the Caribbean, Far East or South East Asia, according to leading digital marketing agency, Greenlight's latest report 'Holidays Issue 11'.
Greenlight's report which profiles search behaviour in the holidays sector, found consumer searches for short haul and long haul destinations increased by 7 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, since its previous report (August 2011).
Africa steals a march on North America
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Greenlight's report which profiles search behaviour in the holidays sector, found consumer searches for short haul and long haul destinations increased by 7 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, since its previous report (August 2011).
Africa steals a march on North America
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