Yalago: 21% surge in Latin American travel bookings
Accommodation wholesale specialist reports bookings increase with travellers from Latin America in March, focused on summer in the US and Europe
São Paulo, Brazil, 9th April 2024: Yalago, part of the Emirates Group and one of the world’s fastest-growing leisure accommodation wholesale specialists, is reporting on latest hotel booking trends for travellers from Latin America. Across the region, record-high figures for room nights booked in March 2024 demonstrate the popularity of travel to the USA and Europe for the summer months, dominating a 21% increase in global hotel bookings, compared to the same month last year.
The top five destinations booked by travellers based in Latin America for travel in 2024 so far through Yalago include the US, Italy, Dominican Republic, Spain, and Thailand. Greece is also demonstrating a notable spike in bookings for during the peak European summer period.
Yalago supports worldwide travel companies in offering an ever-growing hotel portfolio to leisure travellers. Since its inception in 2017, the Dubai-based company has built a strong reputation for its market-leading rates, supporting the travel industry in offering significant savings to customers, with expertise in destinations including the UAE, Indian Ocean, Florida, Spain, and beyond.
April 2024 marks one year since Yalago established an in-market team in Latin America, which now represents one of its fastest-growing source markets. Travel from Brazil continues to trend, as an example, with its travellers now sitting among Yalago’s top 15 source markets, globally. Yalago intends to take next steps in connecting with Brazil, and the wider Latin American travel market, at the major WTM LATAM event taking place this month in São Paulo.
Mikael Hellstrom, Vice President of Sales – Americas at Yalago, commented: “Latin America continues to reflect one of Yalago’s fastest-growing source markets for international travel, as its travellers seek to explore more of the world than ever before. Travel to this region is also growing in popularity with our global source markets. With more flight connections and airlines entering this part of the world, Yalago is established to support global travel partners in securing the best accommodation deals for their travellers.”
Yalago aims to grow its hotel portfolio with a more extensive range across the Americas, in particular the USA, and across Latin America. This will extend the reach of these properties to a wider global audience, and support travellers from this region in exploring more of the world, at more affordable rates.
Its established team in the LATAM market is also focused on growth, to support an increase in direct contracting volumes. Already connected to prominent travel platforms across the region, the Yalago team aims to expand this further, maintaining a focus on quality product.
To find out more, access www.yalago.com, email sales.support@yalago.com or visit the Yalago team at WTM Latin America 2024 at the Expo Center Norte, 15 – 17th April 2024, in São Paulo, Brazil.