What’s Up on the Web?

More than 47.5 million people in the U.S. visited a travel Web site in January, and many other leading sites experienced growth in visitor numbers. Online sales of travel in Januarytotaled $2.3 billion. Here are the results for the first month of the year in the U.S.:

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January 2002 % change Visitors versus (in millions) December 2001 Expedia 12.18 13% Orbitz 8.16 6% Travelocity 8.88 31% Travelzoo 4.18 -13%Priceline 4.47 10% Southwest 4.71 13% Milesource 3.59 7% Cheaptickets 3.71 31% Hotwire 3.87 27% Travelnow 2.37 33%

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Source: comScore Networks