All of the top ten European cities showed growth over the first quarter of 2002, with the most dramatic improvement seen in Oslo. Average daily rates, in most cases, strengthened versus the same period a year ago. However, a few of the top cities declined in room night bookings on a year-over-year basis. 

The results were compiled from TravelCLICK's comprehensive database, which is the exclusive source of hotel industry electronic distribution data from the Amadeus, Galileo, Worldspan, and Sabre GDSs. TravelCLICK's data also includes consumer online GDS hotel bookings made through many of the major Internet travel sites, such as Expedia, Travelocity.co.uk and Opodo.com

Top European Destination Markets

The top 10 destination markets for total GDS room nights in Europe during the second quarter were in order:
 

"We expect all of Europe to be at or near positive growth by year end, with the gateway cities recovering the quickest," said Jan Tissera, vice president of international sales for TravelCLICK.

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