JMG-Research

26/10/2016

Chinese visitors avoid European "croissant" countries. Drops for some destinations are opportunities for some others...

Our latest ForwardKeys analysis reveals that Chinese outbound travel bookings to Europe are -7.7% down over the period from mid-November 2015 to mid-October 2016. However, the picture is decidedly mixed. Countries, which ForwardKeys describes as the ‘Croissant Countries’ are very substantially do...

29/07/2016

Britain’s airports face scrutiny about how they sell alcohol, and may be obliged to seal duty-free bags, as the Government seeks to reduce incidents of drink-fuelled air rage. The new aviation minister, Lord Ahmad, has announced he will examine the way alcohol is sold at airports amid a spate of ...

06/07/2016

Anticipate future arrivals (and departures) thanks to ForwardKeys: We will help you to identify future Airport travellers (Outbound/Inbound; Direct flight or Transit; Etc.) by nationality and PAX profile.
Because you can no longer rely on historical data...

Flight bookings booming for the Rio Olympics With just one month to go before the Olympic Games open, flight bookings to Rio are booming, according to ForwardKeys, which monitors future travel patterns by analyzing 14 million reservation transactions each day. The peak arrival date for Olympic f...

06/04/2016

Forwardkeys - Impact of Brussels Attacks on Flight Bookings and Future PAX Arrivals. While Brussels was the most impacted location, most European key cities are also suffering. BRU reopening will allow the situation to improve slowly.

The bomb attacks in Brussels have severely affected flight bookings to the Belgium capital. In the days following the attacks on 22 March, net bookings – new bookings minus cancellations - fell by 136% when compared with last year. Short Term Travellers and Groups Most Affected. Cancellations Are...

30/03/2016

Profiling the right PAX at the the right place at the right time: ForwardKeys and JMG-Research join forces to create a Global Retail & Travel Retail division

Our industry has a desperate need for Worldwide, real-time information about how, when and where the passengers are travelling, understanding when they book their trips, when they travel, isolating all various steps from the initial domestic flight to the international legs, including transits. A...

25/02/2016

We are bringing together with ForwardKeys a new perspective to the Retail and the Travel Retail players, providing the Industry with live information on international passenger traffic by nationality and the opportunity to anticipate future PAX flows, analysing registered bookings made all over the World.

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According to the latest data from ForwardKeys, flight bookings to the affected areas as a whole have fallen by -3.4% since 15 January compared to the figures for the previous year, and by -10% in early February after the WHO’s announcement. Areas affected by the virus are Central and Latin Americ...

18/01/2016

1.2 billion International tourist arrivals in 2015, up 4.4%

International tourist arrivals grew by 4.4% in 2015 to reach a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.Some 50 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled to international destinations around the world last year as compared to 2014.2015 marks...

02/11/2015

Interesting article, and a good match to one of the discussions I just had during the TFWA show with a brand, about how in Travel Retail both to recruit new customers and to keep existing ones...

Brands want loyal customers, while Consumers are considering more brands and switching providers more frequently than ever before. Rethinking of what loyalty really means in a digital age should be based on: 1. Loyalty needs to be reciprocal. 2. Loyalty is about emotion first, behavior second. 3...

18/06/2015

Logo logout: Something we already highlighted in our 2013 Chinese PAX research, specially for the "Aristocratic Shoppers' as we define in our Shopper Typology...

A growing number of wealthy shoppers prefer to shell out for unique, hard-to-find pieces instead of highly recognizable handbags from big-name brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Prada. The shift is largely about adapting to a moment in high-end fashion when personal taste and individuality ...

02/06/2015

After Asia with Seoul, now Europe. Convenience shopping right at your platform!

In Milan, at Loreto metro station, the first 200 meter long visual space has arrived in Italy with over 1,000 products of the best mass distribution brands, which can be ordered simply by scanning the products with a mobile phone, thanks to Carrefour Italia. After the positive results of the t...

11/03/2015

Interesting to see how Airlines, Airports, Duty Free Shops & Brands are handling this new wave of passengers, with different behaviours and expectations as seen in our research...

174 million Chinese tourists are tipped to spend $264 billion by 2019 compared with the 109 million who spent $164 billion in 2014, according to a new analysis by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. To put that in perspective, there were just 10 million Chinese outbound tourists in 2000. Millennials,...